Regulatory Services Committee - 6 December 2017

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, on Wednesday 6 December 2017 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee:-

Councillors:-      Steve Drury (Chairman)      Martin Trevett (Vice-Chairman)

Eric Bishop      Sarah Nelmes

Valerie Coltman      Ralph Sangster

Heather Kenison      Roger Seabourne

Stephen King      Alison Wall

Joy Mann

Steven Halls, Chief Executive

28 November 2017

The Regulatory Services Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Regulatory Services Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

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1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 14 June 2017 (circulated separately to Members of the Committee)

3.NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.

REQUEST TO AMEND THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF STREET TRADING CONSENTS

Following the Regulatory Services Committee of 8th March 2017 and 14th June 2017 where the Licensing team reported that they had received a request from Councillors to amend the standard conditions of Street Trading Consents issued by Three Rivers District Council, the proposal has been consulted upon.

6.

HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER / OPERATOR PREREQUISITES

Three Rivers District Council is responsible for licensing Private Hire Drivers, vehicles and operators under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. The Council is also responsible for licensing Hackney Carriages and their drivers under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847.

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7.

HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER AND PRIVATE HIRE OPERATOR SUITABILITY POLICY

On 14 June 2017 the Regulatory Services Committee approved consultation to proceed on a draft Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Operator Suitability Policy. This Policy consultation has been completed and this report seeks to authorise final approval of the Policy.

8.

REVIEW OF BYELAWS: NEW MODEL BYELAWS FOR PLEASURE GROUNDS, PUBLIC WALKS AND OPEN SPACES

This report provides an outline of how the Council is able to review byelaws using the new regulations introduced in 2016 and to explain how the Council aims to modernise the current Open Spaces Byelaw which came into operation in February 1981. Officers have prepared the draft Byelaws, consultation documents, a Regulation Impact Assessment and an Equality Impact Assessment; as required by the Byelaws Regulations (see below).   Research has shown a number of Local Authorities have used this method to modernise their byelaws.

9.

REVIEW OF POLLING DISTRICTS AND POLLING PLACES

To receive details following the consultation on Polling Districts and Polling Places within the Three Rivers District

To receive details following the review of Abbots Langley parish ward boundaries within the Three Rivers District.

10.REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME

To consider and make necessary changes to the Committee’s work programme

11.OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3

12.EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If any confidential business is approved, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under the relevant paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act”. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under Item 3.

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