Clause 11 - Sub-delegation of functions by licensing committee etc.
Licensing Bill [Lords]
9:30 am
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
The amendments are fairly simple and short. They are intended to ensure that the decisions of licensing panels will be taken by the panel as a whole and not, as the Bill could be interpreted, by a single officer of the council. The amendments are intended to protect a status quo already established by some authorities, where the decisions on certain opposed applications, such as those relating to licences for street trading and door supervisors, are made by a panel of officers and not by a single officer. The system has proved successful and should continue after the legislation is introduced.