Agenda item

7.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted a report containing proposals on the implementation of a nominal fee for the registration of second hand dealers.  The report indicated that the responsibility for the registration of second hand dealers had recently transferred from Trading Standards to the Licensing Service and the proposed fee would ensure that any reasonable costs of administering and enforcing the registration scheme were recovered.

7.2

In response to questions from Members of the Committee, Steve Lonnia stated that, whilst the proposed fee of £15 would not adequately cover the administration and enforcement of the system, on the basis that there had not been such a fee before, this had been deemed to be a reasonable amount and would be reviewed annually.  The fee had been calculated based on a rough estimate of the time spent on dealing with each registration, based on the hourly rate of the officers dealing with such applications.  In terms of the proposed enforcement work, it was planned that, subject to resources being available, officers would visit the dealers to check they had registered.

7.3

RESOLVED:  That the Committee:-

(a)

notes the contents of the report now submitted, together with the responses to the questions raised; and

(b)

authorises the Chief Licensing Officer to implement the new registration fee for second hand dealers, along the lines detailed in the report now submitted.