Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Service Manager Licensing which sought approval to consult on the Draft Statement of Licensing Prinsiples for the Gambling Act of 2005 for a period of 3 months.

Phil Bates, the Service Manager Licensing,  was in attendance and with the consent of the Chair addressed the Committee.

In discussion the Committee noted that the Gambling Commission required the policy to be reviewed at least every three years and the current policy needed to be reviewed by January 2025.  It was important to make sure that the safeguarding measures applied were not so onerous on licence holders that gambling activity would be driven underground where it could not be monitored.

The Committee noted that applications for a Large Casino would be considered by the Licensing Committee and a review of the statement of licensing principles would be included in the application process to inform the determination of the specific conditions to be applied to the licence.

RESOLVED that the proposed Statement of Licensing Principles for the Gambling Act 2005 was approved to go out to consultation for a period of three months