Agenda and minutes

Venue: Floral Pavilion, Marine Promenade, New Brighton

Items
No. Item

79.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR

Minutes:

Resolved – That Councillor D Burgess-Joyce be appointed Chair for this meeting.

80.

MEMBERS' CODE OF CONDUCT - DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members of the Panel 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.

 

Minutes:

Members of the Panel 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.

81.

EXEMPT INFORMATION - EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

The following items contain exempt information.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  That, under section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by the relevant paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act. The Public Interest test has been applied and favours exclusion.

 

Minutes:

Resolved - That, under section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act.  The Public Interest Test had been applied and favoured exclusion.

82.

PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LICENCE (NJ)

Minutes:

The Director of Law and Governance submitted a report for Members to consider whether NJ should continue to hold a Private Hire Driver Licence.

 

NJ attended the meeting and made representations. NJ responded to questions from Members and the legal advisor to the Panel.

 

Members considered carefully the responses made by NJ.

 

Members gave due consideration to all of the representations made and exercised their rights to consider each case on its individual merits in light of the representations made. 

 

Resolved – That NJ be allowed to continue to hold a Private Hire Driver Licence and that he be given a final written warning as to his future conduct.