Issue - meetings
New BCP council Gambling Act - Statement of Licensing Policy
Meeting: 16/09/2021 - Licensing Committee (Item 17)
17 BCP Council Gambling Act – Statement of Licensing Principles 
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The Council is required to publish a Statement of Licensing Principles under section 349 of the Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) every three years. The purpose of the Statement is to define how the Licensing Authority will exercise its responsibilities under the Act. This is will be the first Statement of Licensing Principles to be published by BCP Council since its creation in April 2019. The draft policy has been prepared by officers for consideration and amendment by the Licensing Committee ahead of required public consultation for 12 weeks.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Bournemouth Borough Council Policy 2019, item 17
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- Appendix 2 - Borough Of Poole Policy 2016, item 17
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- Appendix 3 - Christchurch Borough Council Policy 2016, item 17
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- Appendix 4 - Draft BCP Council Gambling Act - Statement of Licensing Policy, item 17
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- Appendix 5 - Consultation list, item 17
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Minutes:
The Licensing Manager presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
The Committee was advised that Council is required to publish a Statement of Licensing Principles under section 349 of the Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) every three years, and that the purpose of the Statement is to define how the Licensing Authority will exercise its responsibilities under the Act.
Further to this the Committee was advised that this will be the first Statement of Licensing Principles to be published by BCP Council since its creation in April 2019, and that the draft policy has been prepared by officers for consideration and amendment by the Licensing Committee ahead of required public consultation for 12 weeks.
The Committee discussed the paper and raised the following amendments to be made prior to the policy going out to consultation: -
- references to ‘lives sufficiently close’ be amended to read ‘resides’
- legacy email addresses be removed (those which reference legacy councils)
- reference to ‘poole betting’ on page 180 of the agenda be amended to read ‘pool betting’
In addition the Legal Advisor informed that the document would be checked for typos, missing words and grammar and corrected accordingly before being sent out for consultation.
RESOLVED that subject to the amendments above being incorporated the policy as presented be released for the required 12 week public consultation as soon as is practicable.
Voting: Nem. Con. (1 abstention)
(Councillor G Farquhar requested that his abstention be recorded).