Constitution Part 3 - Director of Neighbourhoods and Regulatory Service

Licensing 

No Delegation
DNRS64 Power to carry out all of the functions of the Licensing Act Sub- Committee and the Regulatory Sub-Committee 
DNRS65 Power under Section 287 of the Public Health Act 1936 to issue the necessary authentication for an Officer to enter premises as may be required. 
DNRS66 Power to appoint a Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures. 
DNRS67 Power to appoint alternative Proper Officers, Nominated Medical Practitioners and Authorised Officers as set out in the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 and the National Assistance Act 1948 (as amended in 1951). 
DNRS68 Power to issue, refuse and revoke licences to premises under the provisions of the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Butchers Shops) Amendments Regulations 2000. 
DNRS69 Power to nominate Authorised Officers and others to exercise statutory powers of entry under Section 108 of the Environment Act 1995. 
DNRS70 Authorisation in accordance with the provisions of Section 19(1)(c) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 as amended by the Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989. 
DNRS71 Power to Serve Notice under Section 51 of the Clean Air Act 1993. 
DNRS72 Appoint Proper Officer of the Authority under the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984. 
DNRS73 To exercise all powers and duties under the provisions of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984. 
DNRS74 To serve abatement notices where the Authority is satisfied that a statutory nuisance exists or is likely to occur or re-occur.
DNRS75 To serve abatement notices where the Authority is satisfied that a statutory nuisance exists or is likely to occur or re-occur.
DNRS76 To undertake those functions under any of the “relevant statutory provisions‟ within the meaning of Part 1 (health, safety and welfare in connection with work and control of dangerous substances) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, to the extent that these functions are discharged otherwise than in the Authority’s capacity as an employer. 
DNRS77 To exercise all powers and duties under the relevant requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998. 
DNRS78 To deal with applications for the registration of persons and premises relating to the practice of acupuncture, tattooing, skin piercing and electrolysis under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. 
DNRS79 To issue, under Section 19 (2) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, a Closure Notice to premises when satisfied that the premises are being, or have been within the last 24 hours, used for the unauthorised sale of alcohol for consumption on, or in the vicinity of, the premises. 
DNRS80 In consultation with the Chair of the relevant Committee the setting fees for licences/consents/registrations and similar. 
DNRS81 To determine applications for licences under the Authority's scheme for licensing pleasure craft under section 94 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 subject to appeals against any refusal being referred to the Licensing Committee. 
DNRS82 To determine transfers, variations, provisional statements and variations of designated premises supervisors under Licensing Act 2003 where no representations have been received to enable licensable activities to be provided at establishments in Hartlepool.
DNRS83 To determine transfers, variations, provisional statements and variations of designated premises supervisors under Licensing Act 2003 where no representations have been received to enable licensable activities to be provided at establishments in Hartlepool
DNRS84 To serve notices under sections 60 and 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (Prevention of Noise) and 79 and 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 
DNRS85 To serve notices under sections 60 and 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (Prevention of Noise) and 79 and 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 
DNRS86 To consider and decide upon applications under section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (consent to work on construction sites).
DNRS87 To determine whether abatement notices should be fixed to vehicles, machinery or plant contravening the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993. 
DNRS88 To determine applications for permits for the operation of loud speakers in streets or roads in accordance with the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993. 
DNRS89 To determine the validity of an application for deemed consent under the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990. 
DNRS90 To serve notices under section 85 of the Water Industry Act 1991. 
DNRS91 To inspect, determine, consult and remediate contaminated land within Hartlepool under section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 and Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 
DNRS92 To enable powers of entry, work to be carried out in default and to seize equipment under section 81(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and section 10 of the Noise Act 1996. 
DNRS93 To enforce the prohibition of dark smoke from any chimney, prohibition of dark smoke from industrial or trade premises under sections 1 and 2 respectively of the Clean Air Act 1993 and enforce the prohibition of smoke in smoke control areas and the acquisition and sale of unauthorised fuel and all other pollution issues referred to under the Clean Air Act 1993. 
DNRS94 To control noise on construction sites by service and enforcement of section 60 notices under Control of Pollution Act 1974. 
DNRS95 To enable the monitoring, review and assessment of air quality under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 and the consultation and declaration of areas as Air Quality Management Areas. 
DNRS96 To take action under the Noise Act 1996 to abate and control noise complaints from domestic and licensed premises. 
DNRS97 To designate alarm notification areas under sections 69-72 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. 
DNRS98 To take action as necessary under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 in relation to audible intruder alarms including powers of entry to abate the sounding of alarms and service of fixed penalty notices. 
DNRS99 To undertake the duties of the Authority as Weights and Measures Authority including the appointment of the Chief Inspector of Weights and measures, approving the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures and all legislative requirements that apply to the Authority in that capacity including any functions performed under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.
DNRS100 To determine applications for consent to permit loading and unloading at large shops before 9.00 am on Sunday mornings within a loading control area under Schedule 3 of the Sunday Trading Act 1994, subject to such conditions considered appropriate. 
DNRS101 To appoint appropriate Officers of the trading standards section as inspectors under the provisions of the Sunday Trading Act 1994. 
DNRS102 To renew arrangements to secure the provision of the trading standards metrology laboratory services, subject to their being no material changes to the arrangement agreed in May 2007. 
DNRS103 To determine applications relating to sites for circuses and caravan rallies. 
DNRS104 To take all necessary action, including issuing any instructions for prosecution, in connection with those sections of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and associated regulations which relate to highways, nuisance and/or abandoned vehicles, fly- posting, transport of waste materials, noise nuisance and abandoned shopping trolleys. 
DNRS105 To take all necessary action with regard to the parking of caravans on unlicensed areas of the Borough. 
DNRS106 To determine applications for licences to display goods in accordance with section 20 Schedule 5, of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.