Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection (copy attached).

A report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection which explained that the City Corporation was required to set annual fees for those premises requiring a licence under the Gambling Act 2005 was considered. The report outlined recent case law which indicated that the process for setting fees must be robust and that income received through the licensing process could not exceed the cost of obtaining income.

The Licensing Manager explained that the proposed fees would result in a small reduction of income compared with previous years however once all licensing activities were carried out by the licensing service the net result would not affect budget income targets.

In response to a question by a Member it was noted that a profit could not be made from the income generated from the annual fee.

RESOLVED – That Members agree the proposed fees for 2013/14 (as set out in Appendix 2 of the report).