Agenda Document Pack - Regulatory Committee - 12/11/2024
North Lanarkshire Council · 12 November 2024
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1 November 2024 Members of the Regulatory Committee Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the Regulatory Committee is to be held in the Committee Room 1, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 at 10:00 AM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Members : Clerk Name: Richard Llewellyn Clerk Telephone: 07939284642 Clerk Email: llewellynr@northlan.gov.uk J McLaren, A McCrory, A Ballinger, B Baudo, A Beveridge, H Dunbar, T Fisher, M Hughes, D Johnston, A McVey, D Robb, W Shields, A Thomas, S Watson. Page 1 of 10
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Agenda (1) Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (2) Renewal of the General Safety Certificate for Sports Grounds Submit report by the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) seeking approval of the renewal of the General Safety Certificates for Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, Excelsior Park, Airdrie, Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell and Reigart Stadium, Coatbridge 5 - 10 EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution: "That under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 and 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act". HEARINGS (3) Taxi Driver's Licence, Taxi Operator's Licence and Private Hire Car Operator's Licence - Complaint Gul Zamin Khan (4) Window Cleaner's Licence - New Application Kieran Campbell (5) Private Hire Driver's Licence - New Application Samantha Lee (6) Taxi Operator's Licence - Renewal Gordon Spence (7) Private Hire Car Licence - Renewal James Spalding Page 3 of 10
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Regulatory Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes ☐ No Ref AA/RL Date 12/11/24 Renewal of the General Safety Certificate for Sports Grounds From Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) E-mail llewellynr@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07939284642 1. Background 1.1 In terms of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sports Act 1987, the Council is responsible, as the Certifying Authority, for the certification of designated sports grounds and grounds with regulated stands within North Lanarkshire. 1.2 In that connection, the Council previously adopted the Sixth Edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (hereinafter referred to as the Green Guide) which was published in 2018. 1.3 The Green Guide is an advisory document for use by competent persons working in the regulation and licensing, the design and planning, and the safety management and operation of sports grounds. 1.4 The document is the distillation of many years of research and experience and is updated periodically to take into account emerging issues and trends in the field. Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to seek approval of the renewal of the General Safety Certificates for Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, Excelsior Park, Airdrie, Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell and Reigart Stadium, Coatbridge. Recommendations It is recommended that the Regulatory Committee approve, for Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, Excelsior Park, Airdrie, Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell and Reigart Stadium, Coatbridge, their General Safety Certificate. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Improve the health and wellbeing of our communities Ambition statement (14) Ensure the highest standards of public protection Programme of Work Statutory / corporate / service requirement Item (2) Page 5 of 10
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1.5 The Sixth Edition of the Green Guide was published by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority 2018 in response to a number of developments in sports grounds safety management and design over the previous decade. 1.6 A fundamental principle of the Green Guide is that responsibility for all people present in a sports ground lies at all times with the ground management. The management will normally be either the owner or lessee of the ground. 1.7 Accordingly, the ground management is required to arrange for the inspection of the sports grounds, and for the subsequent submission of all necessary inspection reports and certificates to the Council for verification and comment by the responsible persons in the Council and emergency services. 1.8 Throughout the Green Guide, reference is made to the need for ground management to conduct risk assessments. This includes the requirement to carry out specific risk assessments at all events, including any ancillary activities. Risk assessments should be undertaken by competent persons with the appropriate skills and experience. Risk assessments should consist of the following steps, which should be documented: • identify hazards to which all people at the ground may be exposed; • evaluate the risks and decide whether the existing precautions and control measures are adequate and, if not, all conditional control measures should be in place; • recording the findings and implement preventative and/or protective measures, and • assess and review the adequacy and effectiveness of such measures and revise them when necessary. 2. Report 2.1 Inspection of Sports Grounds 2.1.1 The Council has adopted practices in relation to its responsibilities for the certification of the four designated sports grounds and grounds with regulated stands in North Lanarkshire, those being (a) Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld; (b) Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie; (c) Fir Park Stadium, Motherwell, and (d) Reigart (formerly known as Cliftonhill) Stadium, Coatbridge. 2.1.2 During 2024, the responsible officers of the Council and representatives of the appropriate emergency services caried out a series of inspections at each of the four sports grounds. 2.1.3 Ground management for each of the sports grounds was asked to submit to the Council the following documents for verification and comment as part of the certificate renewal process: • Annual Structural Inspection Certificate and Report; • Annual Risk Assessment for Barriers and Handrails; • Annual Periodic Electrical Installation Report, and • Certificate of Risk Assessment of the Stadium's Adequacy Page 6 of 10
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2.2 Outcome of Inspections 2.2.1 During the inspection process, a number of issues were identified at some stadiums for which resolution and works required to be carried out before a certification could be provided. Such work and resolution has been carried out and completed to the satisfaction of the appropriate inspection agency, specifically the Council, so that all stadiums are now deemed able to be provided with a Safety Certificate, with no outstanding works requiring to be completed. 3. Measures of success 3.1 The implementation of the measures necessary to ensure the reasonable safety of spectators at each of the four designated stadiums in North Lanarkshire. 4. Supporting documentation N/A Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) Page 7 of 10
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5. Impacts 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts been discussed and agreed with Finance? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts been discussed and agreed with People Resources? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Compliance with the Council's duties, under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987, as certifying authority, for the certification of designated sports grounds and grounds with regulated stands in North Lanarkshire. 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ Page 8 of 10
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5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for significant technology change, has an assessment been carried out (or is scheduled to be carried out) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services. 5.11 Children’s rights and wellbeing impact Does the report contain any information regarding any council activity, service delivery, policy, or plan that has an impact on children and young people up to the age of 18, or on a specific group of these? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact and the provision that has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the relevant Articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). If Yes, has a Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) been carried out? Yes ☐ No ☐ Page 9 of 10
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