Agenda and draft minutes

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26.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

Noted.

27.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

None.

28.

Urgent Business

It being a special meeting of the Sub Committee, under Part Four, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

Minutes:

None.

29.

Declarations of Interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

None.

30.

Summary of Procedure pdf icon PDF 196 KB

The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003.  A copy of the procedure is attached.

Minutes:

The Chair outlined the procedure to be followed during the meeting.

31.

YESIM SUPERMARKET, 260 PHILIP LANE, N15 pdf icon PDF 38 KB

To consider an application for a review of the premises licence.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, introduced the application brought by Trading Standards for a review of the premises licence.  The licence was granted to Mr Ali Taze in 2005 under grandfathered rights.  In addition to the application made by Trading Standards, representations had been made by the Licensing Authority and Public Health.

 

Rebecca Whitehouse and Michael Squire, Trading Standards, presented the application for a review of the premises licence.  Mr Squires outlined the history of the premises: on 15 October 2014, a joint visit by HMRC and Trading Standards resulted in the seizure of 72 bottles of illicit spirits, along with illicit cigarettes and tobacco.  On 19 November 2014 packets of tobacco were seized from the premises, and on 11 December 2014 Mr Taze made an underage sale as part of a test purchase operation.  Mr Taze accepted a simple caution on 8 December 2015 for the underage sale.  A further visit was made to the premises on 16 May 2017, where illicit tobacco was found on the premises.  Mr Taze was not at the premises at the time of the visit, and the member of staff present, Mr Koca, was unable to prove that the tobacco was for personal use, as stated by him when questioned by officers.

 

Mr Taze had been a member of the Responsible Retailers Scheme since June 2014, a voluntary scheme, which would have provided Mr Taze with the necessary guidance and support for running a licensed premises.  Trading Standards considered that Mr Taze should have been less likely to break the law in this way, as he would have received the support and guidance of the Responsible Retailers Scheme.

 

Trading Standards had contacted Mr Taze by letter to invite him to review his premises licence and apply for a minor variation to strengthen the licensing conditions, and had not received a response.  Trading Standards took the decision to submit a review application and requested that the Committee revoke the licence.

 

In response to questions from the Committee, Ms Whitehouse confirmed that two letter had been sent to Mr Taze regarding the minor variation, but no response had been received.  The letters had not been sent out by Special Delivery.

 

In response to questions from Robert Sutherland, Mr Taze’s representative, Ms Whitehouse explained that the delay in issuing the simple caution from December 2014 to December 2015 was due to the fact that the team was small, and so it had taken some time to get through the system.  Ms Whitehouse also confirmed that Mr Taze was not at the premises in May 2017, but explained that as the Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor, it was his responsibility to ensure that the premises was compliant with its licence and the law.

 

Monica Ukandu, Public Health, outlined the representation made by Public Health as set out in pages 32-33 of the agenda pack.  The recommendation of Public Health was that the licence should be revoked, but if the Committee decided not to take  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.