The Regulatory
Committee
The Regulatory Committee consists of 11
Councillors.
The Regulatory Committee’s role is:
a.
to oversee the
Council’s functions and powers regarding
·
trading standards and consumer
protection,
·
animal health and
welfare,
·
environmental health (
including Public Health, Control of Pollution (including noise),
Contaminated Land, Environmental Protection (including statutory
nuisance),
·
Food Acts and related
legislation,
·
hackney carriage and
private hire,
·
licensable activities
under the Licensing Act 2003, Gambling Act 2005 and the Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (as
amended),
·
cinema, theatre and
other public entertainment,
·
house to house and
street collections and
·
other miscellaneous
regulatory functions not within the remit of any other Council
body
·
to hear appeals
against the refusal of any licences, decisions taken and conditions
imposed in any regulatory matter by any officer or officer panel
established for the purpose of carrying out or reviewing any action
taken by any officer pursuant to the Chief Executive’s
delegated authority to discharge the Council’s regulatory
functions and to revoke any licence, permission consent or
certificate granted by the Council, except where a separate
statutory framework exists. The
Regulatory Committee may exercise these functions by delegation to
the Regulatory Sub-Committee.
b.
to consider and
approve detailed regulatory policies and procedures other than
those that require approval by Council or fall within the overall
executive strategic and policy remit of the Cabinet and to ensure
that the detailed regulatory policies and procedures provide a
robust framework and criteria within which officers discharge the
regulatory functions of the Council pursuance to the Chief
Executive’s delegated authority to discharge the
Council’s regulatory functions
The Regulatory
Sub-Committee
(a)
A Regulatory Sub-Committee has been established to be responsible
for determining individual applications for liquor licensing,
gaming permits, public entertainment licenses and cinema licenses
within Herefordshire.
(b)
The Regulatory Sub-Committee consists of 3 Councillors who are
drawn on a rota basis from the membership of the Regulatory
committee,
(c)
The Regulatory
Sub-Committee is responsible for determining individual
applications for licensable activities under the Licensing Act 2003
and the Gambling Act 2005.
(d)
Regulatory Committee
has also delegated responsibility for considering footpath
diversions and considering appeals from applicants who have been
refused a hackney carriage/private hire dual drivers licence by the
Taxi and county Transport Badge Licensing Officers
Panel.
(e)
The Panel may also
recommend that a licence be revoked and the Sub-Committee has been
given delegated powers to consider such recommendations