Agenda and minutes

Councillors Crookes, Harvard and Mayer declared an ‘Other Interest’ in the matter referred to in Minute 28 below relating to “Underage Sale of Cigarettes, Counterfeit and Illegal Cigarettes”. The interest arose as they had sat on the Sub-Committee Hearing held on 26 September, 2017, that considered an application to review a Premises Licence. They withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this item

To agree the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 22 August 2017 and the Sub-committee hearing held on 26 September 2017.

The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 22 August, 2017 and of the Sub-Committee hearing held on 26 September, 2017 were agreed and signed as true records.

RESOLVED that, under Section 1004(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business indicated below, on the grounds that those items involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Schedule 12A of that Act, in particular those paragraphs of Part 1 of the Schedule as indicated:

There were no outstanding issues.

There were no other items of urgent public business.

RESOLVED that, having considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) together with representations received,:-

1)  The Council Solicitor be authorised to institute legal proceedings under Section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, Regulation 48 of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Trade Marks Act 1994 against appropriate persons in respect of the underage sale of cigarettes, counterfeit and illegal cigarettes at Qadz Local, 1A Heath Road, Coventry.

2)  That authority be delegated to the Director of Streetscene and Regulatory Services to authorise legal proceedings for any further offences which may come to light before the case under consideration has been resolved in court.

(Note: Councillors Crookes, Harvard and Mayer withdrew from the meeting during consideration of this matter).

RESOLVED that having considered the circumstances set out in the report of the Deputy Chief Executive, Place now submitted, the application for grant of a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence by Mr Parmjit Singh Khangura be refused.

(Note: Mr Khangura attended the meeting in support of his application).

There were no other items of urgent private business.