Licensing Sub-committee - 14/07/2014

At a MEETING of the LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 14th July, 2014.

Present:-

Councillor Craig MELVILLE

Councillor John ALEXANDER

Councillor Tom FERGUSON

Councillor Craig MELVILLE, in the Chair.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

The Sub-Committee unanimously elected Councillor Craig Melville to chair this meeting in the absence of the Convener and Depute Convener.

The Convener agreed that the undernoted items of business be considered as a matter of urgency in terms of Standing Order No 17(b) in view of the timescales involved.

The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II CIVIC GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1982

(a) SECOND HAND DEALER'S LICENCE - REQUEST FOR HEARING

There was submitted a letter of information from the Chief Constable relative to the alleged conduct of Mr C S during the currency of his Second Hand Dealer's Licence.

The Sub-Committee gave consideration to the content of the letter submitted by the Chief Constable, together with further supporting information submitted by the Chief Constable. Thereafter, having heard a representative of the Chief Constable and consideration of the advice of the Legal Officer, the Sub-Committee agreed to note that a hearing was scheduled to take place in September, 2014 in relation to the fitness of Mr C S to be the holder of a Second Hand Dealer's Licence and that the matters narrated in the submissions to this meeting be submitted for consideration at that hearing. The Sub‑Committee did not consider that the material before it justified immediate suspension of the licence.

Stewart HUNTER, Convener.