Decision details

Massage and Special Treatment

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) updating the standard conditions used to grant and renew the licences for persons carrying on establishments for massage or special treatments under the Essex Act 1987 and proposing the adoption of best practice Codes of Practice specific to the different treatments being offered.

 

Recommended:

 

1. That the Council specifies in each Massage or Special Treatment Licence the updated Conditions and the Codes of Practice relevant to each type of operation.  In doing so, the Council is thereby approving the appropriate Code of Practice for each type of licence.

 

2. That the Codes of Practice continue to be updated in line with best practice and emerging new treatments.

 

Reasons for decisions:

 

To continue to maintain best practice and keep pace with the development of new treatments which are licensable under the Essex Act 1987 for massage or special treatment.

 

Other options:

 

To continue with the existing conditions in these establishments.

 

Note: This is a Council Function.

Eligible for call-in to: Place Scrutiny Committee

Executive Councillor: Cllr Cox

Report author: Carl Robinson

Publication date: 16/03/2018

Date of decision: 13/03/2018

Decided at meeting: 13/03/2018 - Cabinet

Effective from: 24/03/2018

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