Agenda item

Report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection regarding the review of Statement of Licensing Principles in line with the Gambling Act 2005. The following comments were made

·         The Committee were advised that the main difference in the report surrounded the change to regulations and a local area profile had been created form operators to consider.

·         It was noted that there was a numbering glitch on pages 32 and 33 in the meeting papers but that the policy report was correct.  

·         The Chairman noted that the word “number” was to be deleted from the clause at 14.1 to ensure it did not contradict the second bullet under 8.30.

·         A Member highlighted the previous request of the Committee that large reports that have changed and required additional consultation should show track changes from the original document so that Members could clearly see what has changed and provide focussed feedback. This was supported by Members and the Committee were advised that senior level guidance would go to authors to ensure future reports were provided in this format.

·         A Member noted the variation of grammar across reports and highlighted the importance of using the correct use of the noun and verb when using of the word “licence” (the noun is spelt licence and the verb is license). He requested consistency across documents and reports.

RESOLVED – That the Statement of Licensing Principles be circulated to the Committee in track-changes format after it is updated.