Agenda and minutes

Minute of Meeting held on 15 December 2017 to be approved and signed by the Convener.  (Copy attached.)

1.0       MINUTE

1.1       The Minute of Meeting of 15 December 2017 had been circulated.

            DECISION

            APPROVED.

(Copy to follow.)

2.0       LICENCES DEALT WITH UNDER DELEGATED POWERS

2.1                   For Members’ information there had been circulated copies of a list of licences dealt with under delegated powers for the period 2 December 2017 – 10 January 2018.  

            DECISION

            NOTED.

          URGENT BUSINESS

          Under Section 50B(4)(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the Chairman was of the opinion that the item dealt with in the following paragraph should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency, in view of the need to make an early decision.

3.0        BELHAVEN PUB CHAIN    

3.1       Members were asked to consider an e-mail from agents acting on behalf of the Belhaven pub chain requesting if the Board would consider granting additional hours outwith its normal policy core hours on Saturday, 19 May 2018, the day of the Royal Wedding.  It was noted that the majority of premises in the Board’s area already had on sale hours until 1.00 am on a Saturday and the wedding would take place during the day.

            DECISION     

            AGREED that normal core hours within the Board’s policy until 1.00 am were sufficient for the date in question and any applications for extended hours beyond that time would be considered on their individual merits.

Before proceeding with the private business, the following motion should be approved:

“That under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government 9Scotland) Act 1973 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 14 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A to the aforementioned Act”

            PRIVATE BUSINESS

4.0       DECISION           

            AGREED under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the business detailed in the Appendix to this Minute on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 7A to the Act.

SUMMARY OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

5.0       LICENSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005: SECTION 84A

The Board agreed to suspend the personal Licence held by Mr Yule for a period of 6 months.

The meeting concluded at 10:15 a.m.

Consider application for review of Personal Licence held by M Yule received from Police Scotland (licence holder cited to attend).  (Copy application attached.)