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.

Councillor D Mitchell declared a personal interest by virtue of an individual named within the report being known to him.

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 10 o’clock Shop, 18 Grange Mount, 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, alcohol being sold to a person who was drunk 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.

A representation had been received from Merseyside Police which supported the application to Review the Premises Licence made by the Licensing Authority.  Representations had also been received which related to concerns that there has been alcohol related anti-social behaviour within the vicinity of the premises.  Copies of the representations were available.

Mr A Bushell, Licensing Operations Manager attended the meeting.  Also in attendance were Constable J Moran and Sergeant K Wilkinson.

The Premises Licence Holder attended the meeting together with his representative, Ms Sherratt.

The Licensing Manager confirmed that all documentation had been sent and received, also that further documentation had been circulated prior to the meeting.

Mr A Bushell reported that on 1 February 2017 the premises had been visited as part of a multi-agency operation. During this visit a bottle of white wine, namely Yellow Tail Pinot Grigio was sold outside of the hours permitted by the Premises Licence.  Following immigration checks undertaken by Merseyside Police it was confirmed that the person who had sold the alcohol was not legally entitled to work in the UK.  Mr Bushell advised that 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 behind the counter.  He informed Members that during a further visit to the premises it had been reported that a Police Officer had witnessed a ‘street drinker’ being sold a single can of Oranjeboom Beer.

Mr Bushell responded to questions from Members of the Sub-Committee and Mr A Bayatti, Legal Advisor to the Sub-Committee.

Sergeant K Wilkinson reported that she had worked in the area for a number of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44.