Issue - meetings

To consider the recommendation that:

Under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for Agenda Item 4, on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the press and public.

RESOLVED:

That under Regulation 14 (2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (Hearings) Regulations 2005, the press and public be excluded from the remainder of this hearing, on the grounds that the Sub-Committee considers that the public interest in so doing outweighs the public interest in the hearing, taking place in public. The Sub-committee made this decision on the basis of the information provided in advance of this meeting by Merseyside Police.