Agenda and minutes

Licensing Sub-Committee - Monday, 23rd March, 2015 10.00 am

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: Governance Services  Copies of the full report with appendices are available on request from the clerk. For details of the new premises licence please contact Entertainment Licensing on 0113 2474095 after the hearing.

Items
No. Item

102.

Election of the Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor J Dunn be elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

103.

Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

 

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals against refusal of inspection of documents

 

104.

Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public

 

1)  To highlight reports or appendices which:

 

a)  officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

b)  To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

 

c)  If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

  RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of those parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information

 

2) To note that under the Licensing Procedure rules, the press and the public will be excluded from that part of the hearing where Members will deliberate on each application  as it is in the public interest to allow the Members to have a full and frank debate on the matter before them.

Minutes:

There was no exempt information

105.

Late Items

To identify any applications as late items of business which have been admitted to the agenda for consideration

 

 (the special circumstances shall be identified in the minutes)

 

Minutes:

There were no late items

106.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

 

Minutes:

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made

107.

Application for the Certification of Films pdf icon PDF 158 KB

The report of the Head of Licensing and Registration informs Members of an application for the certification of films to be shown at the Leeds Young Film Festival in April 2015.

Members are requested to consider this request for the certification of films which require certification and are to be shown at the Hyde Park Picture House 71-73 Brudenell Road Leeds LS6 1JD.

 

(Report attached)

Minutes:

Members of the Licensing Sub Committee considered an application for the certification of films to be shown at the Leeds Young Film Festival in April 2015.

 

The festival is to be held in a number of cinemas in the Leeds area. The films that required certification are to be shown at the Hyde Park Picture House 71-73 Brudenell Road, Leeds, LS6 1JD.

 

The report of the Head of Licensing and Registration informed Members of the background, history and issues of an application made under the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act”) for the certification of films that do not currently have a BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) certification.

 

In attendance at the meeting were Martin Grund and Alex King from Leeds Young Film Festival.

 

The Chair informed Mr Grund and Mr King that the Members had received and read the synopsis of the films and noted a recommended category in line with BBFC classifications attached at appendix A of the submitted report.

 

Members asked for clarification on a number of issues including:

·  What moderate bad language would be

·  The BBFC classification 12A

·  Monitoring of audience ages where age specific classification recommended

 

RESOLVED – That the Licensing Sub Committee considered the certification of the films as attached at appendix A of the submitted report. The Members were of the view that the films be categorised as recommended.