Minutes of meeting
Renfrewshire Council · 4 December 2025
Back to Regulatory Functions Board — 4 December 2025 and its agenda
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Minute of Special Meeting Regulatory Functions Board Date Time Venue Thursday, 04 December 2025 10:00 Remotely by MS Teams, Present: Councillor Audrey Doig, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Janis McDonald, Councillor Cathy McEwan, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Kevin Montgomery, Councillor Sam Mullin, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor McNaughtan, Convener, presided. In Attendance D Campbell, Managing Solicitor (Licensing), E Currie, Senior Committee Services Officer, D Cunningham and A Easdon, both Committee Services & Licensing Officers, and C Young, Civic Licensing Standards Officer/Licensing Standards Officer (all Finance & Resources). Recording of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting, the Convener intimated that this meeting would be recorded for subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC The Board resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 1 Hearing into Possible Suspension or Revocation of Private Hire Car Driver's Licence - Personal Appearance The Board considered the possible suspension or revocation of the undernoted Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. The licence holder had been asked to appear personally together with Police Scotland:- Applicant: Mohammed Gobara Licence No.: P1014 Mr Gobara, the licence holder, joined the meeting together with Sergeant White on behalf of the Chief Constable. The Managing Solicitor (Licensing) advised that Mr Gobara’s Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence expired on 30 November 2025 and that Mr Gobara had not applied to renew this licence. Further, as a result of the licence having expired, there was no decision for the Board to take in relation to the possible suspension or revocation of Mr Gobara’s Private Hire Car Driver’s Licence. DECIDED: That it be noted that Mr Gobara’s licence had expired.