I am requesting information on licencing and enforcement of displays lasers for entertainment purposes.

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Dear Chesterfield Borough Council,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act for full disclosure of and publication of:

1. The number of temporary event licence applications you have received for each of the past 5 years where the use of display layers was involved?
2. Number of venues in your district which have requested as part of their licence conditions permission to use display lasers:
3 a) The number of complaints received regarding laser use at licensed and unlicensed events or premises for each of the last 5 years. Please provide separately the number of these which relate to intentional audience scanning.
3 b) For each complaint describe what action was taken as a result of the complaint:
4. The number of event and premises licenses which :
a) Ban or prohibit the use of lasers
b) Ban or prohibit the use of audience scanning with lasers
c) Stipulate conditions to promote the safe operation and installation of such equipment
5. Nature and type of enforcement action undertaken to deal with display lasers in each of the last 5 years. Please provide an outline of the regulations applied to any enforcement action undertaken.
6) The nature and extent of training given to enforcement staff in respect of display laser safety to include:
1. The number of staff trained in your authority
2. Please provide an outline of the type of training received, whether a cost was incurred for the training, the frequency (if any) that update training is required.
7) Should further assistance be necessary in dealing with lasers, where would you turn for external assistance?
A) The Health Protection Agency
B) Professional bodies such as CIEH, IOSH,
C) Independent Laser Company
D) Other

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Davidson

Kate Brookbank, Chesterfield Borough Council

I have been passed your Freedom of Information Request today.
I can send you information regarding Temporary Events that have been held
during the last five years but I only have hard copies. Could you please
confirm your postal address and I will send these to you as soon as
possible.

In reply to your request I am not aware that any of the events have
involved the use of lasers. You may like to contact Vanessa Carty on 01246
345756 (Health and Safety) as she may know if any premises hold events
where they use lasers.

Thank you
Yours

Kate Brookbank
Licensing Officer
Environment Services
[email address]
01246 345780

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Kate Brookbank, Chesterfield Borough Council

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Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
Unfortunately I have not been able to contact you to confirm your postal
address so I have now sent these electronically as attached.

Yours
<<TENs 2009.pdf>> <<TENs 2010.pdf>> <<TENs 2011 2012.pdf>>

Kate Brookbank
Licensing Officer
Environment Services
[email address]
01246 345780

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