The Senior Licensing Officer
introduced the report which contained the proposed Statement of
Licensing Policy at Appendix 1 to the report. The Licensing Act
2003 required that a statement be published every five years with
the existing policy to expire on 6 January 2021. It was confirmed
that deterrence of knife crime measures and the Covid-19 impact and
response had been included within the statement.
The Senior Licensing Officer
confirmed that the longest consultation period could be 7-weeks,
instead of the 6-weeks proposed, due to the internal processes
involved in the Statement’s approval and implementation for 7
January 2021.
RESOLVED: That
1.
The Statement of Licensing Policy attached at
Appendix 1 to the report be agreed for consultation purposes,
subject to the amendment of the following:
a.
The ‘Covid-19 Impact and Response’
sub-heading be amended to read ‘Highly Contagious
Communicable Diseases Impact and Response’ and that the
second ‘Covid-19’ within the section be replaced by
‘Highly Contagious Communicable Diseases’;
b.
The typographical error within the section on the
Deterrence of knife crime measures be corrected; and
2.
The 6-week consultation period be agreed.