Agenda item

The Service Director Legal Services will submit a report to seek approval to amend Section 5 of the Council Convictions Policy which specifically addresses Compliance with Conditions and Requirements of the Licensing Authority.

The Service Director Legal Services submitted a report seeking approval to amend Section 5 of the Council’s Convictions Policy which specifically addressed Compliance with Conditions and Requirements of the Licensing Authority. 

Currently the policy does not recognise offences committed by drivers where they have received at least 3 written warnings in a twelve month period, and the options that were available to the General Licensing Panel in dealing with them.

It was suggested, therefore, that the convictions policy be amended to reflect the work of officers in the issuing of written warnings following Drivers committing offences and it be made clear that the General Licensing Panel would determine all cases.

In the ensuing discussion, the following matters were raised:

·         The proposal was welcomed as a means of giving the General Licensing Board Panel the opportunity to consider information on warnings received by Drivers and in return Drivers would have the opportunity to acknowledge and defend any warnings received

·         Members noted that if, for instance, a driver had received written warnings for faulty tyres, they could potentially receive 1 warning for each tyre plus a warning for falsifying their records, resulting in them being brought to Board

·         The new policy would be a way for the Board to be able to deal with persistent offenders, or offenders with a pattern of behaviour

RESOLVED that members approve the amendment to Section of the Council’s Convictions Policy.