Resolved – That Councillor M Sullivan be appointed Chair for this meeting.

Members of the Sub-Committee are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non pecuniary interests, in connection with any application on the agenda and state the nature of the interest.

Members of the Sub-Committee were asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non pecuniary interests in connection with any application on the agenda and state the nature of the interest.

No such declarations were made.

The Managing Director for Delivery reported upon an application that had been received from the Licensing Authority for a Review of the Premises Licence in respect of One Stop News and Booze, 102 Vittoria Street, Birkenhead, under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

The Managing Director for Delivery advised that the Sub-Committee may, having regard to the application to review the Premises Licence and any relevant representations, take such of the following steps as it considered appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives:

·  Modify the Conditions of the Licence.

·  Exclude a licensable activity from the scope of the Licence.

·  Remove the Designated Premises Supervisor.

·  Suspend the Licence for a period not exceeding three months.

·  Revoke the Licence.

Members were informed that the Licensing Authority may decide that no action would be appropriate if it found that the review did not require it to take any steps that were appropriate to promote the licensing objectives.

The grounds for review were in relation to the sale of alcohol being sold outside of the hours permitted by the Premises Licence, breaches of the Premises Licence conditions and the premises employing an individual who is not permitted to work in the UK.

Members were informed that the premises currently hold a Premises Licence allowing the licensable activities as set out within the report.

Mr A Bushell, Licensing Operations Manager attended the meeting together with Mr C Williams, Licensing Enforcement Officer and Constable J Moran.

The Premises Licence Holder attended the meeting together with her brother-in-law, Mr Sumbal.

The Licensing Manager confirmed that all documentation had been sent and received and that the statements submitted by Constable J Moran had been received by the Premises Licence Holder.  It was clarified that these documents had been sent by email and received the day prior to the meeting.

Mr A Bushell reported that on 31 January 2017 the premises were visited as part of a multi-agency operation. During this visit four cans of Strongbow Cider had been sold to a Licensing Enforcement Officer outside of the hours permitted by the Premises Licence.  Following immigration checks undertaken by Merseyside Police it had been confirmed that the person who had sold the alcohol had no leave to remain in the UK and was therefore illegally working at the premises.  On 3 February 2017 the premises had been re-visited and the person who was not entitled to work in the UK had again been seen working behind the counter.

Members were further informed that following an inspection of the Premises made by a Licensing Enforcement Officer on 27 April 2017, a number of breaches of the Premises Licence conditions had been identified. These included: no evidence of staff training, CCTV images could not be provided, proxy sales notices were not displayed and the refusal register was not being used in accordance with the conditions set out in the Premises Licence. Members were advised that at the time of the inspection the Premises Licence Holder,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47.