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The Executive Board Sub-Committee considered the attached report.

RECOMMENDED: That

(1)            Council resolve to apply to the whole of the Halton Borough Section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1982 adopting the new byelaw to cover: acupuncture, tattooing, semi permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis introduced by Section 120 and Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act 2003;

(2)       and in doing so

a)      authorising the affixing of the common seal to the byelaws and

b)      authorising the Council Solicitor to carry out the necessary procedure and apply to the Secretary of State for confirmation;

c)      upon adoption of the byelaws that the powers and duties within the byelaws necessary to effect regulation be delegated to the Council Solicitor and the Operational Director Environmental and Regulatory Services as appropriate;

d)      new charges and costs be adopted and these reflect the administrative and officer costs involved in the process of registering a premises and a practitioner; and

e)   the plan for updating registration certificates including the retrospective application of the process to existing businesses be accepted.

            The Executive Board Sub-Committee had considered a report of the Strategic Director – Environment advising Members of a single new combined byelaw which allowed for the regulation of persons carrying on businesses of acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis, seeking the adoption of new byelaws under the Local Government Act 2003 and setting fees for registration.

            RESOLVED: That

(1)            Council resolve to apply to the whole of the Halton Borough Section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1982 adopting the new byelaw to cover: acupuncture, tattooing, semi permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis introduced by Section 120 and Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act 2003;

(2)       and in doing so

a)      authorising the affixing of the common seal to the byelaws and

b)      authorising the Council Solicitor to carry out the necessary procedure and apply to the Secretary of State for confirmation;

c)      upon adoption of the byelaws that the powers and duties within the byelaws necessary to effect regulation be delegated to the Council Solicitor and the Operational Director Environmental and Regulatory Services as appropriate;

d)      new charges and costs be adopted and these reflect the administrative and officer costs involved in the process of registering a premises and a practitioner; and

e)   the plan for updating registration certificates including the retrospective application of the process to existing businesses be accepted.

            The Sub-Committee were advised of a single combined byelaw which allowed for the regulation of persons carrying on businesses of acupuncture, tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis, and considered a report which sought adoption of new byelaws under the Local Government Act 2003 and set fees for registration. It was proposed that Halton would charge fees having benchmarked against other Merseyside local authorities as follows:

Premises Registration – a fee of £90;

Additional Operators Registration – a fee of £30; and

Additional Activities – a fee of £5.

            RESOLVED: That

(1)       it is recommended to the Council to resolve to apply to the whole of the Halton Borough Section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1982 adopting the new byelaw to cover: acupuncture, tattooing, semi permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing and electrolysis introduced by Section 120 and Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act 2003;

(2)       and in doing so

a) authorising the affixing of the common seal to the byelaws and

b) authorising the Council Solicitor to carry out the necessary procedure and apply to the Secretary of State for confirmation;

c) upon adoption of the byelaws that the powers and duties within the byelaws necessary to effect regulation be delegated to the Council Solicitor and the Operational Director Environmental and Regulatory Services as appropriate;

d) new charges and costs are adopted and that these will reflect the administrative and officer costs involved in the process of registering a premises and a practitioner; and

e) the plan for updating registration certificates including the retrospective application of the process to existing businesses is accepted.