Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 26 November 2015 (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 26 November 2015 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence and to report any substitutions

No apologies for absence were received.

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 (paragraph 1)

To consider the attached [Exempt] report.

The Sub-Committee considered a report regarding an application from a driver to renew his hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence following motoring offence.

The driver attended the meeting and confirmed he had received and understood the report.

Following questions by the Sub-Committee and responses from the driver the Sub-Committee withdrew at 11.46 am.

Following the Sub-Committee’s deliberation the meeting resumed at 12.33 pm.  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 the driver was a fit and proper person to hold a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence as set out in the (Exempt) Annexe to the minutes.