Agenda

To elect a Chair for the Sub-Committee.

It may be necessary to pass a resolution to exclude the press and public

having reflected on Article 12 12.02(d) (a presumption in favour of

openness) of the Constitution. This decision may be required because

consideration of this matter in public may disclose information falling

within one of the descriptions of exempt information in Schedule 12A to

the Local Government Act 1972. The Regulatory Sub Committee will

need to decide whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public

interest in maintaining the exemption, outweighs the public interest in

disclosing the information.

To consider passing the following resolution so that exempt information

may be discussed:

Recommended by the Proper Officer that under Section 100A(4) of the

Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next item of

business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt

information as defined in paragraph 1 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule

12A of the Act, namely information relating an individual.

Mid Devon District Council (the Council) is responsible for licensing the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire trade in Mid Devon.

The Licensing Team have information which may call in to question the applicant’s suitability to hold a licence. The Sub-Committee must decide whether or not the individual is fit and proper to hold a licence with this authority.