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Decision details
Review of Statement of Principles under the Gambling Act 2005
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Full Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Statutory consultation of policy as required by the Act (3 yearly).
Decisions:
Mike Hepworth, Assistant Director Environment and Place presented a report on the Review of Gambling Statement of Principles, under the Gambling Act 2005. The purpose of the report was to inform councillors of the results of the recent statutory review of the Council’s amended Gambling Act Statement of Principles and seek their approval for Cabinet to recommend that Full Council approves the updated statement of principles for publication by 3 January 2019 and reaffirms the existing “No Casino” resolution for the borough.
The statement of principles must be adopted by the Licensing Authority and kept under review. The policy must be fully reviewed and consulted upon at least every three years. The next date for a full review to have been completed and published is 3January 2019.
It was said that in the statutory consultation on this, there was not much feedback however some was received that helped strengthen the review, with the amendments that were suggested adopted in to the report.
The Assistant Director, Environment and Place noted that the reaffirming of the “No Casino” resolution does not have to happen. He also stated that no appeals had ever been received.
Councillor Fitzgerald proposed the recommendations, which was seconded by Councillor Batsford.
The chair decided to take the recommendations in two separate votes, one for each recommendation as requested by Councillor Lee.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that:
1. To agree the updated Gambling Act Statement of Principles at appendix B and recommend that Full Council approve it for publication by 3 January 2019 in order that it can take effect on 31 January 2019
RESOLVED (by 6 for, 2 against) that:
2. To recommend that Full Council should reaffirm the current “No Casino” resolution.
The reason for these recommendations were:
There is a statutory requirement for local authorities to fully review their Gambling Act Statement of Principles at least every 3 years. Failure to do so could result in judicial review proceedings against the authority, and call in to doubt local decisions made under the Gambling Act 2005.
The Act gives powers to licensing authorities to introduce a “No Casino” resolution for their areas. It is a Full Council decision and must be revisited and endorsed every three years.
The revised statement needs to be adopted by Full Council prior to publication on 3 January 2019.
Report author: Bob Brown
Publication date: 11/04/2019
Date of decision: 05/11/2018
Decided at meeting: 05/11/2018 - Cabinet
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