Agenda and draft minutes

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation in relation to any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest or dispensations reported.

The Committee will be requested to pass the following resolution:

Resolved that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

Resolved that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 12A the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

Following consultation with the Chair it was agreed to defer this matter.

The Committee received a report which outlined the reasons why Mr L had been referred to the Regulation and Review Committee.  The Committee was requested to assess Mr B’s continued suitability to carry out the duties of a licensed driver.

Mr L attended the meeting, along with his representative.

The Licensing Officer presented the report to the Committee which included information on the reason for the referral and Mr L’s criminal and licensing record. 

The Licensing Officer then answered questions from Members of the Committee and Mr L’s representative.

Mr L’s representative, assisted by Mr L, addressed the Committee and provided an explanation as to the events that had resulted in his referral to the Committee.

Following a summing up from the Licensing Officer and Mr L’s representative, both parties left the meeting room to enable consideration of the matter to be undertaken in private.

The options available to the Committee were to:

·         take no action;

·         issue a warning as to the driver’s future conduct;

·         suspend the driver’s licence; or

·         revoke the driver’s licence.

RESOLVED that Mr L’s licence be suspended for a period of 4 weeks in order to act as a means of deterring from any future conduct that would not comply with Licence conditions.

Appeal withdrawn by driver.