Agenda and minutes

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The Sub Committee had before it a note outlining the procedure to be adopted by the Sub Committee in dealing with the hearing of the request for suspension of a licence as listed on today’s agenda.

The Sub Committee resolved:

to note the procedure to be adopted.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

The press and public were excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item which contained confidential information in terms of Section 50A 3(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The Sub Committee had before it (1) an information note prepared by the Chief Officer - Governance in respect of the request for suspension which advised that the request had to be determined by 5 April 2018; and (2)a letter dated 21 February 2018 from the Chief Constable, Police Scotland, c/o Aberdeen City Division, which in terms of Paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 1 to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, requested the suspension of the licence holder’s taxi driver’s licence.

The licence holder was not in attendance.

Sergeant Flett was in attendance on behalf of Police Scotland.

The Sub Committee heard from Mr Munro, Legal Advisor, who advised that the licence holder had advised that he was unable to attend today’s meeting and had ask that the request be deferred to another date to enable him to be in attendance.

The Sub Committee resolved:

to agree to defer consideration of the request for the suspension of the licence holder’s taxi driver licence to a further meeting of the Sub Committee on 3 April 2018 at 9.30am.

JOHN REYNOLDS, Convener