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Items
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8. |
Apologies
To receive any apologies.
Minutes:
The Committee noted that apologies had been
received from Councillors B Harris, Tucker, Laming and
Fitzhenry.
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9. |
Minutes Of The Previous Meeting (Including Matters Arising) PDF 57 KB
To approve
and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on
5th November 2012 and to deal with any matters arising,
attached.
Minutes:
RESOLVED
that the minutes of the meeting held on 5th November
2012 be approved and signed as a correct record. (Copy of the minutes appended to the agenda and
circulated with the signed minutes).
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10. |
Gambling Act 2005 - Large Casino Competition - Advisory Panel and Draft Application Pack PDF 87 KB
Report of the Head of
Legal, HR and Democratic Services requesting that the Committee
approve the content of the Application Pack for use in the large
casino process and the overall composition of the Advisory Panel,
attached.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the
Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services requesting approval of
the draft Application Pack for use in the large casino licensing
process, the composition of the Advisory Panel, the terms of
reference for the Licensing Committee and Advisory panel and a
storage protocol to be used at stage 2 of the process. (Copy of
report circulated with the agenda and appended to the signed
minutes).
The following was noted:-
- that most of the appendices were
statutory requirements and the two main issues for consideration
were appendix 15, terms of reference for Licensing Committee and
Advisory Panel and appendix 17, membership of the Advisory
Panel;
- that it was essential that all
members of the Advisory Panel were experts in their field and that
wherever possible internal officers would be considered, but this
would be dependant on their expertise and availability to be
seconded to and commit totally to the casino process;
- the Advisory Panel would evaluate
each of the applications against the Evalulation Criteria and Scoring Matrix and it
would be the Licensing Committee’s responsibility to which
application offers the greatest overall benefit to the City;
however, if there was only one application a premises licence would
be awarded at stage 1 of the process and there would be no need for stage 2 or an Advisory Panel;
- that money had been ring-fenced in
the gambling budget to cover costs which would cover the
recruitment of any outside specialists if required; this money could only be utilised for
gambling expenses;
- that applicants had to pay an
application fee of £10000 prior to stage 1 of the process as
well as an annual fee when the application was granted;
- appendix 6 and 7 – whether a
person is “sufficiently close to the premises” is to be
determined by the Council in accordance with guidance on this
point;
- appendix
13 – 2.5 - “on-site security provision” to be
added.
- that any communication with
applicants must be channelled in writing to a single point of
contact and a single email address to ensure a proper record of
communications; and if committee members were contacted by members
of the public in relation to the casino application process, they
should refer them to the single point of contact;
- that planning permission was not
required prior to the application being granted and planning and
licensing applications were separate;
- appendix 15 – for ease of
reference, the full name “licensing committee” to be
used throughout;
RESOLVED
- that the Committee approved the
content of the Application Pack for use in the large casino
licensing process, as well as the information Storage
protocol;
- that the Committee approved the
overall composition of the Advisory Panel who would assess
applications and report to the Committee in due course; and
- that authority be delegated to the
Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services, after consultation with
the Chair of the Licensing Committee, to:-
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