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A Complete Guide to ASBO's

Date:
09 September 2010
Venue:
ETC Venues, London
CPD:
4.5

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Licensing Basic Survival Guide

This is a day for Licensing Officers and Solicitors who have limited or no experience of licensing

This day will:

  • Introduce you clearly and concisely to licensing law
  • Answer all your licensing questions
  • Aid and expand your understanding of licensing issues
  • Ensure you are aware of points to watch
  • Compare different types of applications that you will need to process day-to-day
  • Tell you when a licence is necessary
  • Give you a more detailed understanding and more confident outlook when dealing with all licensing issues
  • Avoid any potential problems by being aware of all the recent High Court decisions in connection with licensing  
  • Ensure you are in a position to avoid any challenge on the basis of bias on the part of either Officers or Members  
  • Understand clearly what needs to be taken into account in deciding whether or not an applicant for a licence is fit and proper

LOCAL AUTHORITY POWERS TO ISSUE LICENCES

ADOPTION OF POWERS TO ISSUE LICENSES

  • Sex Establishments/Entertainment Licences/Street Trading

PROCESSING APPLICATIONS
Included will be comparisons of:

  • Sex Establishments
  • Licenses under the Licensing Act 2003
  • LICENCES UNDER GAMBLING ACT 2005
  • Hackney Carriages
  • Private Hire Vehicles
  • Street Trading

CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES

  • When is this required and who must be consulted including Sex Establishments and Street Trading?

WHO IS TO GRANT/REFUSE THE LICENCE

  • Officers
  • Members
  • The full Council

LICENCE FEES

  • Statutory Amounts or reasonable fees
  • What is a reasonable fee?

What licence fee can be charged for the following?:

  • LicenCes under Licensing Act 2003
  • Sex Establishments
  • Street Trading
  • Hackney Carriages
  • Private Hire Vehiclles

WHEN IS A LICENCE REQUIRED?

  • When are licenses required under the Licensing Act 2003?
  • When are premises a ‘Sex Establishment’?
  • When is a Licence needed to Ply for Hire

GRANT OR REFUSAL OF A LICENCE

  • Is the applicant entitled to a hearing?
  • Rules of Natural Justice
  • Contrast Entertainment Licences and Sex Establishments
  • Human Rights Act 1998

APPEALS

  • Who can Appeal?
  • Within what time and to whom?

OBJECTIONS

  • When may a Member have an interest in an application?
  • Are they relevant or not?
  • What constitutes an Objection?
  • Is there a Statutory Right on the part of anyone to lodge an Objection?
  • Contrast Sex Establishments and Entertainment Licences and Street Trading

PEOPLE ‘KNOWINGLY’ BREAKING THE LAW

  • Perpetual offenders

IS AN APPLICANT FIT AND PROPER?

SPENT CONVICTIONS

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