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    Mid Suffolk Licensing and Regulatory Committee - Friday, 7th December, 2018 10.30 am

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 48 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 4 MB
    • Printed minutes PDF 202 KB

    Venue: Mead Room (Rose) - Endeavour House. View directions

    Items
    No. Item

    12.

    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from Councillors James Caston, Julie Flatman, Kathie Guthrie and Jill Wilshaw.

    13.

    DECLARATION OF INTERESTS BY COUNCILLORS

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    Minutes:

    None declared.

    14.

    MLR/18/3 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 3 AUGUST 2018 pdf icon PDF 208 KB

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    Minutes:

    It was RESOLVED:

    That the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 August 2018 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

    15.

    TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

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    Minutes:

    None received.

    16.

    MLR/18/4 GAMBLING ACT 2005 - STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES STATUTORY THREE-YEARLY REVISION pdf icon PDF 300 KB

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    Additional documents:

    • Appendix A , item 16. pdf icon PDF 2 MB
    • Appendix B , item 16. pdf icon PDF 228 KB
    • Appendix C , item 16. pdf icon PDF 1 MB
    • Appendix D , item 16. pdf icon PDF 93 KB

    Minutes:

    15.1     David Price, Licensing Officer, presented Paper MLR/18/4 reporting back to the Licensing and Regulatory Committee the outcome of a full targeted and public consultation, which ran between 31 August 2018 and 12 October 2018, in respect of the draft Statement of Principles (Appendix A to Paper MLR/18/4).  Members also had before them a Summary of the changes made to the draft Statement of Principles (Appendix B), consultation responses received (Appendix C) and the consultee list (Appendix D).

     

    15.2     The Licensing Officer responded to questions from Members and confirmed that no changes had been made to the draft Statement of Principles (Appendix B) as a result of the consultation process.

     

    15.3     During the course of the discussion, Councillor Stringer proposed an additional recommendation to ask Council to debate whether to pass a ‘No Casino’ rule.

     

    By a unanimous vote

    It was RESOLVED:

    That the post-consultation draft ‘Statement of Principles’ in respect of Gambling Act 2005 functions, be approved.

    It was RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

    1.           That the ‘Statement of Principles’ document be adopted.

    2.           That Council determines whether to pass a ‘No Casino’ resolution under section 166 of the Gambling Act 2005.