Issue - meetings

Report of Assistant Director Regulatory Services & Community Safety

Purpose of report

To consider a revised Statement of Licensing Principles which is required to be published by the council under the Gambling Act 2005.

This report introduces a draft of the revised Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Principles (attached as Appendix 1). It explains the reason for the review, provides a summary of the main changes to the current statement of licensing principles, and outlines the consultation process followed in revising the current document. The Executive is requested to agree that the revised statement of licensing principles should be taken to Full Council for approval and publishing.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1       To agree that the revised Statement of Licensing Principles under the Gambling Act 2005 be submitted to Full Council for approval.

Resolved

(1)          That the revised Statement of Licensing Principles under the Gambling Act 2005 be agreed and Full Council be recommended to approve the Statement. .

The Assistant Director Regulatory Services & Community Safety to consider a revised Statement of Licensing Principles which is required to be published by the council under the Gambling Act 2005.

The report introduced a draft of the revised Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Licensing Principles, explained the reason for the review, provided a summary of the main changes to the current statement of licensing principles, and outlined the consultation process followed in revising the current document.

Resolved

(1)          That the revised Statement of Licensing Principles under the Gambling Act 2005 be agreed and Full Council be recommended to approve the Statement.

Reasons

Section 349 of The Gambling Act 2005 requires all licensing authorities to prepare and publish a statement of principles that they propose to apply in exercising their functions under the Act and in particular the 3 licensingobjectives.

The Gambling Act 2005 became fully implemented on 1 September 2007 and it created a new system of licensing and regulation for commercial gambling. It requires the Council to prepare and publish a Statement of Principles for each successive period of three years, which outlines the principles that the Council will apply in exercising its functions as the Licensing Authority under the Act. The last statement was approved January 2019 and came into effect on 31 January 2019 and a new Statement must therefore be agreed by the Council.

Alternative options

Option 1: Not to review and republish the statement. It is a statutory requirement that the policy must be reviewed so this option is not recommended.