Agenda and minutes

Venue: Virtual Meeting

Contact: Natalie Owen  Governance Officer

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Items
No. Item

1.

MEMBERSHIP OF SUB-COMMITTEE pdf icon PDF 12 KB

To note the Membership, including Chair, Vice-Chair and Opposition Spokesperson, of the Public Protection Sub-Committee for the remainder of the 2020/2021 Municipal Year, as agreed by Council on 25th November, 2020.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Membership, including Chair, Vice-Chair and Opposition Spokesperson, of the Public Protection Sub-Committee for the remainder of the 2020/2021 Municipal Year, as agreed by Council on 25th November, 2020 be noted.

2.

TERMS OF REFERENCE pdf icon PDF 100 KB

To note the Terms of Reference for the Public Protection Sub-Committee.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Terms of Reference for the Public Protection Sub-Committee be noted.

3.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 180 KB

To receive and if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 19th November 2020.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 19th November be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

4.

COVID-19 LICENSING TEAM SERVICE PLAN - EXTENSION OF INTERIM MEASURES FROM 1ST JANUARY 2021 pdf icon PDF 364 KB

To consider a report of the Head of Regulatory Services.

Minutes:

The Head of Regulatory Services submitted a report requesting Members to consider the proposed operational/policy changes needed to continue the delivery of the taxi licensing aspects of the Licensing Service during the coronavirus pandemic from 1st January 2021.

 

This follows the first phase emergency action plan which covered the months of April, May and June and which was approved on 9th April 2020 under emergency powers and the Phase 2 action plan which was approved by the Sub-Committee on 25th June 2020 and the Phase 3 emergency action plan which was approved by the Sub-Committee on 17th September 2020.

 

          RESOLVED: That the following proposals be approved:-

 

Proposal

Details

Change Type

 

 

 

1

Where required a licensed driver must provide a medical certificate completed by their own doctor.  If a driver is unable to provide a medical certificate because of the current restrictions; they may complete the Council’s on-line medical self –certification form which will be valid until the 31st March 2021. After this date the driver will be required to provide a satisfactory medical certificate signed by his own doctor.   This policy to be reviewed before the end of March 2021.

Policy

 

 

 

2

To continue the suspension of all stages of the new driver application process until the 31st March 2021.  This position to be reviewed before the end of March 2021.

Operational

 

5.

EXCLUSION RESOLUTION (REMAINING ITEMS)

Motion (Which may be amended as Members think fit):

 

That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda, because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as amended by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, and specified on the agenda item or report relating to each such item respectively.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the following items on the agenda because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as specified.

6.

Trafford Private Hire Driver - Consideration of a recent conviction

To consider a report of the Head of Regulatory Services.

Minutes:

The Head of Regulatory Services submitted a report requesting Members to consider a recent conviction received by a Private Hire driver.

 

The driver attended the meeting to enable members to give the matter their full consideration.

 

The driver gave his version of the circumstances and answered questions from members of the Sub-Committee.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the report and the evidence given at the meeting and concluded that the driver was still a fit and proper person to hold a Private Hire driver’s licence.

 

RESOLVED: That no further action be taken against Mr. R. M. B.