Issue - meetings

The Food, Health and Housing Manager introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval to commence consultation with all local businesses likely to be affected by the adoption of consolidated model byelaws relating to acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin-colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis and, subject to consideration of consultation responses, seek approval from members to refer the byelaws to full council for the byelaws to be made under seal and referred to the Secretary of State for the Department of Health for the byelaws to be confirmed.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve the draft byelaws at Appendix A to the report to go out to consultation;

2)    Authorise the Head of Environment in consultation with the Chairman of the Environment and Licensing Committee to assess responses from the consultation to determine whether the byelaws need to be referred back to the Environment and Licensing committee prior to adoption;

3)    Authorise the Head of Environmental Services in consultation with the Chairman of the Environment and Licensing Committee to make any minor amendments to the byelaws following consultation and prior to referral to full Council for making; and

4)    Subject to the results of the consultation, recommend the byelaws at Appendix A to the report, with any minor amendments necessary, be referred to Council and to be made under seal.