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The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
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Procedure in connection with revocation, cancellation and disqualificationN.I.
185.—(1) A court which—
(a)revokes a bookmaker's licence, a bookmaking office licence, a bingo club licence, a gaming machine certificate or a lottery certificate, or
(b)cancels the registration of a club or cancels an amusement permit or a pleasure permit, or
(c)makes a disqualification order in respect of a bookmaker's licence or a bookmaking office licence under Article 30 or 53 or in respect of a bingo club licence under Article 74 or 79 or in respect of a gaming machine certificate or a gaming machine permit under Article 94 or 125 or in respect of a lottery certificate under Article 151 or 152,
shall order the holder of the licence, certificate or permit or, in the case of the cancellation of a club's registration, the chairman or secretary of the club to deliver that licence, certificate or permit or, as the case may require, the certificate of registration of the club to the clerk of the court within a period specified in the order of the court, and if the person so ordered contravenes that court order he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) The clerk of a court to whom a licence, certificate or permit is delivered under paragraph (1) shall—
(a)in the case of a licence, certificate or gaming machine permit,—
(i)if he is not the clerk of petty sessions who keeps the register in which particulars of the licence, certificate or permit are recorded or, in the case of a certificate of registration of a club, in which the club is registered, send the licence, certificate or permit to that clerk of petty sessions; or
(ii)if he keeps that register, retain the licence, certificate or permit; or
(b)in the case of an amusement permit or a pleasure permit, send the permit to the district council by which the permit was granted.
(3) The clerk of a court which revokes a licence, certificate or permit, cancels a registration or a permit or makes a disqualification order as mentioned in paragraph (1) or an order under Article 127 shall send notice of the revocation, cancellation or order—
(a)in the case of the revocation of, or a disqualification order made in respect of, a bookmaker's licence, to the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the holder of the licence resides; and
(b)in any other case, to the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the premises or club in respect of which the licence, registration or permit is in force or from which the holder of a certificate or permit carries on his business are situated.
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