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ELECT CHAIR To elect Chair for
2021/22 Decision: To elect Councillor Annwen Hughes as Chair
for 2021 /22 Minutes: To elect Councillor Annwen Hughes as Chair
for 2021 /22 Councillor Elfed
Williams was thanked for his work as Chair of the Committee over the past two
years, and also for his support to the Licensing Sub-committees. |
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ELECT VICE CHAIR To elect Vice chair
for 2021/22 Decision: To elect Councillor Edgar Owen as Vice-chair for 2021 /22 |
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APOLOGIES To receive
any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor John Brynmor Hughes and
Councillor Jason W Parry |
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DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST To receive
any declaration of personal interest. Minutes: No
declarations of personal interest were received from
any members present. |
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URGENT ITEMS To note any
items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for
consideration. Minutes: ·
The committee took the opportunity to give official
thanks for the good work being done by the Track, Trace and Protect officers ·
Attention was drawn to a Individual
Member's seat that had been vacant for some time now on the Committee's Membership
list. It was suggested that the matter be referred to the Business Group |
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The Chairman
shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 15
March 2021 be signed as a true record. Minutes: The Chair signed the minutes of the meeting of the committee held on 15
March 2021 as a true record. |
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LICENSING SUB COMMITTEE MINUTES PDF 244 KB To submit, for information, minutes of the Central Licensing Sub-committee meeting held on the following dates: 27 April 2021 23 February 2021 Additional documents: Minutes: Accepted, for
information, the minutes of the Sub-committees held on 23 February and 27 April
2021. |
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To consider the
report Additional documents: Decision:
Minutes: Submitted – a
report by the Licensing Manager highlighting the need to commence a statutory
consultation on a draft statement of policy of the Licensing Act 2003. Members were reminded of the statutory requirement on all Licensing
Authorities to review their policy every five years and amend it as required.
She added that Gwynedd Council Licensing Authority's current policy had been approved at a Full Council meeting in December
2015. She referred to
the new draft policy and drew attention to the minor changes made to the
current policy. She also referred to the role of Public Health Wales and the
Health Board in the process of policy-forming and
responding to applications for a premises licence. Proposed and
seconded – to approve the recommendation In response to a
question about receiving minutes of officers' meetings across North Wales, it
was noted that since these meetings were taking place weekly and that 90% of
the discussion revolved around Covid-19 regulations, there were no written
minutes of these meetings available. RESOLVED
1.
To approve commencement of the statutory consultation on the draft
Statement of Licensing Policy. 2.
At the end of the consultation period a report shall be submitted to
this committee outlining the responses received. Any
concerns raised about the new draft policy will be considered
and changes will be made to the policy as required. 3.
Upon approval from this committee following the consultation, the new
policy will be submitted to the Full Council to
consider; for a decision. |