Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets & Consumer Protection.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection that provided a update of the Late Night Levy (LNL) since 1 October 2014.

Members were introduced to Simon Douglas, the new Licensing Inspector for the City of London Police, who was attending his first Committee meeting.

In response to a Member’s question, the Licensing Manager advised that a large percentage of premises removed the condition on their licence to allow the sale of alcohol after midnight on New Year’s Eve only for free before the LNL was introduced in October 2015. This meant that they would no longer be liable to pay the LNL. The condition remained on some presmises licences but these premises were able to remove it from their licence for a charge of £89.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.