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Licensing Act 2003 - Application for Review of Premises Licence: Waterloo News, 110-114 Waterloo Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3HZ. Ref: OL/21/03 pdf icon PDF 392 KB

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DECISION

 

Following consultation with the Chair of the Licensing Committee a decision was made to adjourn the Hearing of the Licensing Sub Committee on 8 June 2021 at the request of the Premises Licence Holder’s Legal Representative in order for them to consider any of the documents they had requested that the Responsible Authority decided to supply.

 

The adjournment was made under Regulation 12 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 on the grounds that the adjournment was required for the Premises Licence Holder to consider and respond to the information provided by the Responsible Authorities and in turn for the Licensing Sub Committee to consider the information the parties wished to submit.  The meeting would be adjourned to a date to be specified as soon as arrangements were made. 

 

The time permitted for a hearing to be arranged had been extended under Regulation 13 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005 as it is considered necessary to do so in the public interest.  Previously the hearing within the time limit set down by Regulations was adjourned as the panel of the Licensing Sub Committee was inquorate.  A further date of 21 April 2021 was rearranged due to the Premises Licence Holder’s request in view that it fell within Ramadan.  It was in the public interest that the Licensing Sub Committee heard the review, the information supporting the review and the Premises Licence Holder’s representations and, therefore, the extension of time was required.  Also, the extension and the adjournment had been agreed so that the Premises Licence Holder had sufficient time to consider any additional information received.

 

It would be clarified with the interested parties that it was for the parties themselves to provide information in support of, or expanding upon, their representations as each party saw fit, not the Licensing Authority in its role as decision maker.  The Licensing Sub Committee would consider the relevant representations provided by the Parties at the hearing and would make its decision based on the information before it.

 

Parties would be advised that any additional information they wished to submit for the Licensing Sub Committee’s consideration should be made at least five days before any rearranged date to enable sufficient time for the information to be considered by the parties and the Licensing Sub Committee as it was unlikely that any further adjournments would be agreed.