General Licensing and Registration Committee

Membership

The General Licensing and Registration Committee comprises 25 Members of the Council. Of the 25 Members, 15 of those Members will comprise the membership of the Statutory Licensing Committee. Only Members who have received licensing training can sit on the Committee.

	Councillors Name	Political Group
1	BAKER, Alyson	Conservatives and Independents
2	BASTIMAN, Derek	Conservatives and Independents
3	FOSTER, Richard	Conservatives and Independents
4	GROGAN, Tim (Chair)	Conservatives and Independents
5	JONES, Tom	Conservatives and Independents
6	LEE, Andrew	Conservatives and Independents
7	MANN, John	Conservatives and Independents
8	PARASKOS, Andy	Conservatives and Independents
9	SWIERS, Roberta	Conservatives and Independents
10	TAYLOR, Malcolm	Conservatives and Independents
11	THOMPSON, Angus	Conservatives and Independents
12	WILKINSON, Peter	Conservatives and Independents
13	HESELTINE, Robert	Conservatives and Independents
14	FOSTER, Kevin (Vice Chair)	Green Party
15	SCHOFIELD, Mike	North Yorkshire Independent
16	SOLLOWAY, Andy	Independent (Unaffiliated)
17	DUCKETT, Stephanie	Labour
18	PROUD, Jack	Labour
19	SHARMA, Subash	Labour
20	ANDREWS, Joy	Liberal Democrats and Liberal
21	BROADBANK, Philip	Liberal Democrats and Liberal
22	BRODIGAN, Barbara	Liberal Democrats and Liberal
23	TIMOTHY, Andrew	Liberal Democrats and Liberal
24	Vacancy	North Yorkshire Independent
25	JORDAN, Mike	North Yorkshire Independent

Quorum

The quorum will be at least one quarter of the membership but in any case not less than 5 Members.

Proceedings

The Council Procedure Rules as set out in the Constitution shall apply. However the Committee will determine its own hearings procedures.

Delegated Powers

1. To review and make recommendations to Council upon policies in relation to licensing functions set out below.

2. To discharge all the Council’s licensing and registration functions as set out in Schedule 1, Part B of the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 except where those matters are reserved to full Council, another committee, or delegated to an Officer.

3. To discharge the Council’s other powers or duties set out in Schedule 1, parts B, F and G of the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 except where those matters are reserved to full Council, another committee, or delegated to an Officer and including but not limited to the power to:

(a) Keep a list of persons entitled to sell non-medicinal poisons under Section 3(1)(b)(ii), 5, 6 and 11 of the Poisons Act 1972 (C.66).

(b) Make, amend, revoke or re-enact byelaws, except making and enforcing new street byelaws under any provision of any enactment (including a local Act), whenever passed, and Section 14 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30).

(d) Carry out functions under the North Yorkshire County Council Act 1991 which involve an application for a licence, approval, consent, permission or regulation; direct regulation of a person; or any related enforcement actions.

4. To exercise the Council’s functions in relation to contaminated land, control of pollution and the management of air quality except where those matters are delegated to an Officer.

5. To exercise all the functions of the ‘appropriate authority’ under Schedule 3 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, as amended by Section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, except the approval of any policies relating to the licensing of establishments under the 1982 Act, as amended.

6. Any other licensing matter as may from time-to-time require determination by the Council except where those matters are reserved to Council, another committee, or delegated to an Officer.

7. The General Licensing and Registration Committee will determine the Sub-Committees’ hearings procedures.