Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 7 September 2015 and 24 September 2015 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The Minutes of the Meetings held on 7 September 2015 and 24 September 2015 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence and to report any substitutions

An apology had been received from Cllr Peter Isherwood.  Cllr Maurice Byham attended as a substitute member.

To receive from members declarations of interest in relation to any items included on the agenda for this meeting, in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

There were no interests declared under this heading.

There were no matters falling within this category.

The background papers relating to the following items are as set out in the reports included in the original agenda papers.

To consider the following recommendation on the motion of the Chairman:-

Recommendation

That pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by Section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in paragraph 1 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act in respect of the following item:

Information relating to any individual (paragraph 1)

RESOLVED  that, pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100B(5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in paragraph 1 of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the act, namely:-

Information relating to any individual (paragraph1)

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application from a driver to renew his hackney carriage/private hire driver licence which was currently suspended.

The driver attended the meeting accompanied by his legal representative and a family member.  An official interpreter was also in attendance.

Following questions by the Sub-Committee and responses from the driver the Sub-Committee withdrew at 11.19.

Following the Sub-Committee’s deliberation the meeting resumed at 13.50.  The Council’s Solicitor had been asked to advise the Sub-Committee during their deliberation on the wording of their decision.

RESOLVED  that, on the balance of probabilities the Sub-Committee considered that in the interests of public safety the driver was not a fit and proper person to hold a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence and refused the application for renewal, and revoked the applicant’s existing hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence for the reasons set out in the (Exempt) Annexe to the minutes.