The Area General Licensing Sub-Committee
(South and West) is made up of 8 Members of the Council and covers
the former District/Borough Council areas of Sedgefield,
Teesdale and Wear Valley.
It is a Sub-Committee of the General Licensing
and Registration Committee and its main functions within the area
it is responsible for are to:-
1.
To discharge the Council’s
licensing, registration and regulatory functions in relation to
·
hackney carriages and private hire vehicles
·
market and street trading
·
zoos and dangerous wild animals
2.
Power to make an Order identifying a place as a designated public
place for the purposes of police powers in relation to alcohol
consumption.
3. To pass a
resolution that Schedule 2 to the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act
1993 should apply in the Council’s area.