Agenda item

To consider a proposed amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Licensing Committee, concerning the transfer of responsibilities for the licensing of charity collections.

Port Health & Environmental Services Committee

(Jeremy Lewis Simons)

9 May 2017

Amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Licensing Committee

The Court of Common Council was requested to agree to amend the Terms of Reference of its Licensing Committee to include charity collections (under the provisions of the Police, Factories and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1916). This was currently within the remit of the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee, but given the Licensing Committee’s responsibility for general licensing issues it was felt that this matter would sit best with that Committee.

This recommendation had the support of the Licensing Committee, Port Health and Environmental Services Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee and the Court was asked to grant final approval.

Resolved – That the inclusion of charity collections, under the Police, Factories and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1916 (or any subsequent re-enactment) in the Terms of Reference of the Licensing Committee be approved, as set out in the appendix to the report.