Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 23 July  2014 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The minutes of the meeting which took place on 7^th July 2016 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence and to report any substitutions

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Tony Gordon-Smith. Councillor Nick Williams attended as a substitute.

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 declarations of interest.

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 (paragraph 1)

To consider the (exempt) report.

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an existing hackney  carriage/private hire driver, who had received 6 penalty points for a single offence on his DVLA driver’s licence bringing the current unexpired total to nine points. The applicant attended the meeting and advised that he had read and understood the report.

Members were informed of an amendment to the report, that the applicant was applying for a renewal of their license and it was not a review of it.

Following questions by the Sub-Committee and responses from the driver the Sub-Committee withdrew at 10.58am.

Following the Sub-Committee’s deliberation the meeting resumed at 11.30am.  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 did consider the applicant to be a fit and proper person to hold a Private Hire driver’s licence and decided to take no further action for the reasons in the [Exempt] Annexe to these minutes.

To consider any legal advice relating to any items in the agenda.