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The Chairman asked the Council's Legal Adviser to briefly summarise the process that would be applied to this review of the premises licence. The Chairman also invited the Applicant as a Responsible Authority, representatives of Public Health also a Responsible Authority, and the Officers of the Council acting in support of the Sub-Committee to introduce themselves. The Designated Premises Supervisor/Premises Licence Holder (Mr Uddin) for the premises under review and their legal representative also introduced themselves.
The Licensing Officer referred all those present and participating in the meeting to the late photographic evidence provided by Mr Uddin's legal representative that morning. It was agreed by all parties that this would be received. The Licensing Officer added that the Applicant also wished to present video evidence from the body-cameras of the two police officers who had attended the premises on 9 January 2021. It was agreed by all parties that this would be received. The Applicant asked if video evidence could be viewed in closed session; he explained that some matters were subject to on-going criminal investigations and a public viewing might prejudice a fair trial.
RESOLVED
That the Licensing Sub-Committee, having heard the application from the representative for the Applicant, considered that the public interest in excluding the public from the Meeting outweighed the public interest in the Meeting taking part in public and, therefore, in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearing Regulations) 2005, determined that the remainder of the meeting be heard in private
The remainder of the meeting is recorded in a separate, exempt Minute.