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laws, Milk By-laws, Frozen Confections By-laws, Places of Amusement By-laws, Places of Public Entertainment Regulations, Undertakers of Burials By-laws and Funeral Parlour By-laws. Delegated Members will make decisions based on the facts of each case and in accordance with the policies of the Council.
The authority to issue a licence upon full compliance with all requirements has already been delegated to the Assistant Secretaries (Licensing) of the Department. When there are objections to the application for licence or when Places of Amusement Licences are to be issued to premises within mixed commercial/residential buildings, the agreement of the Delegated Member is required. For those licence applications in which the applicants have not, within three months, complied with the health requirements, a quarterly progress report will be submitted to the Delegated Member for information and comment, if any.
After the issue of licences, all cases of suspension and cancellation of licences or permits are submitted to the Delegated Member for agreement. However, transfer and renewal of food business licences do not have to be submitted to the Delegated Member.
The Delegated Member should personally deal with each case within three working days of receiving the file. Where the Member disagrees with the Department's recommendations, he/she may refer the case to the appropriate Select Committee indicating the reasons for doing so for a decision on whether to accept, modify or reject the recommendations.
The second part of the question asks whether all relevant records of inspections, prosecutions, opinions of the Police, Home Affairs Department and the residents are provided with regard to licence applications to be approved by the Delegated Member.
These cases only relate to the application for issue of Places of Amusement Licences within mixed commercial/residential buildings. All relevant records of department inspections and prosecutions, together with comments from the Police, Home Affairs Department and the residents, if any, are incorporated into the report to the Delegated Member for consideration.
The third part of the question asks how many licence-related cases on average are approved by a Delegated Member of the Public Health Select Committee each month.
In the past three months, namely, July, August and September, there were 216, 183 and 149 cases respectively relating to licensing matters submitted to the Delegated Member for information and agreement.
Although my reply to this question has specific relevance to the Public Health Select Committee, similar arrangements are in place in respect of hawker licensing matters under the Markets and Street Traders Select Committee. Other Select Committees also operate a Delegated Member system although basically in respect of non-statutory matters.
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laws, Milk By-laws, Frozen Confections By-laws, Places of Amusement By-laws. Places of Public Entertainment Regulations, Undertakers of Burials By-laws and Funeral Parlour By-laws. Delegated Members will make decisions based on the facts of each case and in accordance with the policies of the Council.
The authority to issue a licence upon full compliance with all requirements has already been delegated to the Assistant Secretaries (Licensing) of the Department. When there are objections to the application for licence or when Places of Amusement Licences are to be issued to premises within mixed commercial/ residential buildings, the agreement of the Delegated Member is required. For those licence applications in which the applicants have not, within three months, complied with the health requirements, a quarterly progress report will be submitted to the Delegated Member for information and comment, if any.
After the issue of licences, all cases of suspension and cancellation of licences or permits are submitted to the Delegated Member for agreement. However, transfer and renewal of food business licences do not have to be submitted to the Delegated Member.
The Delegated Member should personally deal with each case within three working days of receiving the file. Where the Member disagrees with the Department's recommendations, he/she may refer the case to the appropriate Select Commillee indicating the reasons for doing so for a decision on whether to accept, modify or reject the recommendations.
The second part of the question asks whether all relevant records of inspections, prosecutions, opinions of the Police, Home Affairs Department and the residents are provided with regard to licence applications to be approved by the Delegated Member.
These cases only relate to the application for issue of Places of Amusement Licences within mixed commercial/residential buildings. All relevant records of department inspections and prosecutions, together with comments from the Police, Home Affairs Department and the residents, if any, are incorporated into the report to the Delegated Member for consideration.
The third part of the question asks how many licence-related cases on average are approved by a Delegated Member of the Public Health Select Committee each month.
In the past three months, namely, July. August and September, there were 216, 183 and 149 cases respectively relating to licensing matters submitted to the Delegated Member for information and agreement.
Although my reply to this question has specific relevance to the Public Health Select Committee, similar arrangements are in place in respect of hawker licensing matters under the Markets and Street Traders Select Committee. Other Select Committees also operate a Delegated Member system although basically in respect of non-statutory matters.
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