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The Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
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Amendment, replacement, transfer, cancellation or surrender of certificatesN.I.
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7.—(1) The council may, in any case in which it appears appropriate to the council to do so—
(a)amend a safety certificate by notice to its holder; or
(b)replace a safety certificate.
[F1(1A) The council shall, if it appears to the council that a safety certificate would require a person to contravene any provision of Part III of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or regulations made under it, amend the safety certificate by notice to its holder; but nothing in this paragraph shall be taken to require the council to take any action unless it is aware of any such inconsistency between a safety certificate and that Part.]
(2) A safety certificate may be amended or replaced either on the application of the holder or without such an application.
(3) Article 5 shall apply on the amendment or replacement of a safety certificate.
(4) A notice under paragraph (1)(a) [F2or (1A)] amending a general safety certificate shall specify the date on which the amendment to which it relates is to come into operation, and the date so specified may be a date later than the date of issue of the notice.
(5) If the council receives an application for the transfer of a safety certificate from the holder to some other person, the council—
(a)shall determine whether that person is a qualified person; and
(b)if it determines that he is, may transfer the certificate to him.
(6) An application under paragraph (5) may be made either by the holder of a safety certificate or by a person to whom it is proposed that it should be transferred.
(7) The council shall send a copy of an application for the transfer of a safety certificate to the Chief Constable and the [F3Fire and Rescue Service Board] .
(8) The council shall consult the Chief Constable and the [F3Fire and Rescue Service Board] about any proposal to amend, replace or transfer a safety certificate.
(9) The holder of a safety certificate may surrender it to the council, and it shall thereupon cease to have effect.
(10) The council may cancel a safety certificate if the holder dies or (if a body corporate) is dissolved.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 7(1A) inserted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 63(1), Sch. 3 para. 28(a) (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
F2Words in art. 7(4) inserted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 63(1), Sch. 3 para. 28(b) (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
F3Words in art. 7 substituted (15.11.2010) by Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 63(1), Sch. 3 para. 27 (with arts. 49, 62); S.R. 2010/328, art. 2
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