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The Senior Licensing
Officer outlined the purpose of the hearing and explained that on
the 30th December
2013 an application had been received by the Northampton Borough
Council Licensing Department for an expedited review of the
Premises Licence in respect of MoMo’s, 79-81 Abington Street,
Northampton.
The application had been
submitted by PC Bryan representing Northamptonshire Police and
related to an incident that occurred at the premises on
27th December 2013. The incident was deemed serious and
the application for a review had been
submitted on the ground of the Prevention of crime and disorder,
one of the Licensing Objectives contained within the Licensing Act
2003.
The
Determination
The Sub-Committee reconvened at 11.25am.
Having regard to the Licensing
Act 2003 and the guidance there under; the Council’s
Licensing policy statement and the representations made, the
following decision was reached:
The Committee decided that the
following interim steps were appropriate and necessary for the
promotion of the Licensing Objective of the Prevention of Crime and
Disorder
1)
The Premises Licence Conditions be modified so as to
ensure at least 50% of attendees at the premises are searched prior
to entering the premises
It was recommended that the
premises owners considered employing a female to conduct random
searches on females where appropriate.
The Committee received legal
advice in terms of:
1)
The legal test to be applied for such
matters
2)
The options available to the
Sub-Committee
3)
The statutory provisions under section 53a Licensing
Act 2003
The
reasons for the Committee decision were:
1)
The incident was a one off
2)
The operation of the premises in the 12 months prior
to this expedited review were not untypical of other premises
within the locality
3)
The event at which the incident took place was a
private event.
4)
The victims were from outside the locality and from
London
5)
The Voluntary steps that the premises management
will undertake to obviate a recurrence of such incidents
6)
That no further private events will take place at
MoMo’s
A
full review would take place within 28 days from 30 December 2013
to a date which will be notified in accordance with statute and
regulations.
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