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Election of Chairman and Statement for the Procedure of the Meeting To elect a Chairman for the meeting and the Chairman to
present and explain the procedure for the meeting. Minutes: Cllr J Andrews proposed that Cllr E Parker be elected as Chairman, seconded by Cllr L Fry Decision That Cllr E Parker be elected Chairman. Cllr Parker welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked all those present to introduce themselves. It was proposed by Cllr J Andrews seconded by Cllr L Fry that the sub-committee move into exempt business for consideration of the summary review request. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations
of interest. Minutes: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting. |
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Urgent items To consider any items of
business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be
urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The
reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes. Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Exempt Business To move the exclusion of the press and the public
for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information
within the meaning of paragraph 1 and 7 of Part 1 of schedule 12 A to the Local
Government Act 1972 (as amended). The public interest in maintaining the
exemptions outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The public and the press will be asked to leave the
meeting whilst the item of business is considered. Minutes: Decision That the press and the public be excluded
for the following item(s) in view of the likely disclosure of exempt
information within the meaning of paragraph 1 and 7 of schedule 12 A to the
Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). |
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Exempt Report Minutes: The Licensing Officer presented the report regarding a summary review of a premises licence for the Fat Cat Bar/Rumshack in Weymouth that had taken place on 17th July 2020 and the request for consideration of representations against the interim steps which was to suspend the licence pending a full review. The premise licence holder was entitled to make representations against the interim steps at any time up to the date of full review hearing. Representations from the premises licence holder had been received by Dorset Council on 23 July 2020, requiring a hearing to be convened within 2 working days to consider the representations. Members of the Sub-committee had received the written representations of the premises licence holder. Under the procedure for the meeting the Sub-committee was required to consider whether the interim steps were appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives and to determine whether to withdraw or modify the steps taken. Following the introduction of the report, the Chairman invited Mr Grunert, to address the Sub-committee on behalf of the premises licence holder. Mr Grunert explained in full the background to the matter and proposed 4 additional conditions in place of the licence suspension. The Chairman and Cllr J Andrews asked a number of questions to seek clarity on the conditions being proposed. Sergeant G Gosling representing Dorset Police was invited to address the Sub-committee and he set out in detail of the concerns raised by Dorset Police and the events that had let up to the request for a summary review. After hearing all of the evidence presented by Mr Grunert on behalf of the premises licence holder and Sergeant G Gosling on behalf of Dorset Police the Chairman invited Mr Grunert to sum up and following his summary Mr Grunert was given the opportunity to ask questions of the Police representative. Sergeant G Gosling was then given the opportunity to sum up on behalf of Dorset Police. At 12 noon the councillors retired in order to consider the decision. At 12.22pm the councillors returned to the Sub-committee hearing and the Chairman read out the decision of the Sub-committee. Decision That the interim step of suspending the Premises Licence for the Fat Cat
Bar / Rumshack with immediate effect, shall remain in
force pending the full review hearing. Reasons for the
Decision: The Sub-committee considered the representations from the applicant and
Dorset Police, the Licensing Act 2003, in particular Sections 53A – B of that
Act, the S182 Guidance relating to expedited reviews, the licensing objectives,
the Dorset Council (Weymouth and Portland) Statement of Licensing Policy 2016
and all of the information presented to them today and decided as follows:
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