Agenda and minutes

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any pecuniary interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda.

If you have a pecuniary interest you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

There were no declarations of any interests.

The Chair outlined the procedure that would be followed during the hearing. 

The licence holder attended the meeting, with his solicitor, Mr Woosey (Parry, Welch and Lacey).

Mr Woosey requested that the Sub Committee be adjourned for four weeks.  Mr Woosey had only received instruction from his client the previous day and more time was required to prepare the case to ensure that his client had a fair hearing. Mr Woosey made reference to Article 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.  There were a number of papers which were material to the case which could be produced to support the licence holder’s case and there had also been technical difficulties in playing the dvd evidence. 

Members felt that the receipt of this information was needed to help them decide on whether the licence holder was a fit and proper person.  The Sub Committee RESOLVED to adjourn the hearing, until Members had all the relevant information before them, for a period of at least two weeks.