(Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)      Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)      Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)      Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

(4)      Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

(Jane Lythgow – 01274 432270)

The Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services will present a report (Document “Q”) which invites Members to consider a personal licencefollowing a conviction of a relevant offence by the holder of that licence.

Recommended –

Members are invited to consider the information and documents referred to in thisreport and determine what action should be taken.

(Melanie McGurk – 01274 431873)

The report of the Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services (Document “Q”) invited Members to consider a personal licence following a conviction of a relevant offence by the holder of that licence. The Licensing Officer summarised the report and drew attention to sections 2.3 and 2.4 of Document Q. The Licensing Officer stated that a personal licence was granted to the personal licence holder on 30 October 2013 and the personal licence holder was convicted of the relevant offence on 30 June 2023. The Panel were told that the personal licence holder was convicted of the offence of, ‘’drove a motor vehicle, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in your breath, exceeded the prescribed limit. Contrary to section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988’’.

The personal licence holder was invited to make an opening statement and address the Panel. The licence holder expressed remorse for his actions and acknowledged that there was no excuse.

The Panel asked what the personal licence was used for and was subsequently informed that the personal licence was to sell alcohol in a pub owned by the personal licence holder. 

Resolved –

That having considered the evidence contained in the report of the Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services (Document “Q”), the published statement of licensing policy and relevant guidance, evidence from the Personal Licence Holder personally and to support Part 4 of the licensing policy objectives (Prevention of Crime and Disorder), the Panel suspends the personal licence for a period of 6 months.

ACTION: Assistant Director, Waste, Fleet and Transport Services