The
Licensing Committees are responsible for matters relating to the
administration of licences which are determinable by the Council,
including the delegation of functional responsibility to individual
officers for determination of any application for Consents,
Licences, Certificates, Permits, Registrations or the
like.
- To
hear and determine appeals against any decisions of Officers in
relation to the grant, renewal, transfer, variation, refusal,
revocation, suspension or imposition of condition in accordance
with the Council’s licensing procedure.
- The discharge of the Council’s functions under section
13(2) the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
- The discharge of the Council’s functions under
secrtion 16 the Violent Crime Reduction
Act 2006.
Some functions of the Licensing Committee are delegated to its
Sub-Committees subject to the proviso that the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of the full Committee may refer a matter up from the Sub
Committee to the full Committee where that matter is significant or
controversial in nature.