Agenda item

Officers to give verbal updates on:

·  Data used for CIA assessments

·  Late night levy to be extended to late night refreshment premises (https://www.instituteoflicensing.org/news/government-publishes-response-to-late-night-levy-consultation-may-2023/);

·  Exempting hospitals from LNR within the council’s policy

·  Reviews for personal licences 

·  Government White Paper on reforms to gambling legislation

·  Appeals

·  House of Lords Liaison Committee Report

The principal licensing officer presented updates on the following topics, and answered queries put by members of the committee around these subjects: 

·  Late night levy to be extended to late night refreshment premises 

·  Exempting hospitals from late night refreshment licenses within the council’s policy

·  Reviews of personal licences 

·  Government White Paper on reforms to gambling legislation

·  Appeals

·  The House of Lords Liaison Committee Report.

The committee also discussed an informal consultation around temporary events notices (TENs) currently underway.

ACTION:

Members asked the principal licensing officer to try to retrieve the information he had submitted in this online survey, and to circulate his responses to the committee, if possible.

The meeting then adjourned for a comfort break from 7:21pm to 7:28pm.

The senior solicitor informed the meeting about appeals which were currently going through the courts. Members discussed the information and asked questions of the officer.

Following this, the meeting discussed licensing training for members in Southwark and at a national level.