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APOLOGIES To receive
any apologies for absence. Minutes: None to note |
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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: None to note |
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The
Chairman shall propose that the press and public be excluded from the meeting
during the discussion on the following items due to the likely disclosure of
exempt information as defined in paragraph 12, Part 4, Schedule 12A of the
Local Government Act 1972. This paragraph should apply because the individuals
in question are entitled to privacy and there is no overriding public interest
that requires the disclosure of personal information relating to those
individuals, nor their identity. Consequently, the public interest in
maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the
information. Minutes: RESOLVED to exclude the press
and public from the meeting during
the discussion on the following items due to the likely disclosure of exempt
information as defined in paragraphs
12 and 13, Part 4, Schedule 12 A, of the Local Government
Act 1972. These paragraphs applied as the individuals in
question were entitled to privacy and there was no overriding public interest that required
the disclosure of personal
information relating to those
individuals, nor their identities. Consequently, the
public interest in maintaining
the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the
information. |
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APPLICATION FOR A HACKNEY/PRIVATE HIRE LICENCE To consider
an application by Mr A (separate
copy for sub-committee members only) Minutes: The Chairman welcomed everyone
to the meeting. He highlighted that
the decision would be made in accordance with
Gwynedd Council's licensing
policy. It was noted that the purpose of the policy was to set guidelines for the criteria
when considering the applicant's application and the aim
was to protect the public
by ensuring that: • A person is a fit and
proper person • The person does not
pose a threat to the public • That the public are safeguarded from dishonest persons • The safeguarding of children
and young people • The safeguarding of vulnerable
persons • The public have confidence in their use of licensed vehicles. The applicant was invited to expand on his application and provide
information about the background of the offence and also his personal
circumstances. Mr A noted that his behaviour
was out of character and that he was
not a violent person.
He regretted what had happened and had been annoyed for some time by the victim. He added that he had
a quality taxi company, that he employed
local drivers and his priority
was to retain the business. The video was shown to the Sub-committee and
the applicant explained the
incident. The applicant withdrew from the room whilst the Sub-committee members discussed the application. RESOLVED that the applicant was a fit and proper person to be issued
with a hackney vehicle/private hire driver's licence from Gwynedd Council. In reaching their decision, the Sub-committee considered the following: • the requirements of the
'Gwynedd Council's Licensing
Policy for Hackney Carriages
and Private Hire Vehicles' • the applicant's
application form • verbal observations, documents, photographs submitted by the applicant during the hearing • reference letters received supporting the applicant's
application. • the Licensing Department's report along with the DBS statement disclosing convictions. Specific consideration was given to the following matters. The applicant had received a formal warning from North Wales Police (May
2018) on a charge of assaulting a person
contrary to section 39 of the Criminal
Justice Act 1988.
Paragraph 2.3 of the Policy was considered, where reference is made to formal warnings. Paragraph 6 of the Policy addresses offences of violence and paragraph 6.2
notes that an application where an applicant who has been found guilty of
violence-related offences is unlikely to receive a licence until they have been
free from such convictions for at least three years. Paragraph 6.5 of ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |