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The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

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SCHEDULE 3N.I.APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL OF BOOKMAKERS' LICENCES

PART IN.I.GENERAL PROCEDURE

1.  [F1The Department of Justice] shall, not less than 6 weeks before the renewal date, cause notice of that date and of the provisions of paragraph 5 to be published in 2 newspapers circulating [F1throughout Northern Ireland] .

2.—(1) A person who intends to make an application for the renewal of a bookmaker's licence shall, not less than 3 weeks before the renewal date, serve notice of the application upon the clerk of petty sessions F2... and at the same time serve a copy of the notice upon—N.I.

(a)the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the application is to be made; and

(b)except in the case of an applicant who does not reside in Northern Ireland, where the applicant resides in some other police sub-division, the sub-divisional commander of that sub-division.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply if the applicant is a body corporate.

3.—(1) The notice mentioned in paragraph 2(1) shall be in such form and shall contain such information as may be prescribed by magistrates' courts rules.N.I.

(2) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1), where the notice mentioned in paragraph 2(1) relates to an application to be made by a body corporate, that notice shall specify—

(a)the names of the directors of the body corporate;

(b)the names of any persons who have executive control of the body corporate;

(c)the names of any persons who have a financial interest in the body corporate; and

(d)a statement of the nature and extent of the financial interest of persons mentioned in head (c) (including a description of any right of direction or instruction, to the directors given by that financial interest);

and shall specify details of any change in the information specified under heads (a) to (d) from the information so specified on the application for the last previous renewal of the bookmaker's licence (or where the renewal to be applied for is the first renewal of the licence, on the application for the grant of the licence).

4.  The applicant shall attach to the notice mentioned in paragraph 2(1)—N.I.

(a)the receipt issued by the Department under Article 172(3) in respect of payment of the charge specified in Article 172(1)(d); and

(b)except in the case of an applicant who intends to apply for the grant, or renewal, of a bookmaking office licence, the receipt issued by the Department of Agriculture under[F3 Article 9(2) of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990] in respect of payment, in relation to his application for the renewal of a bookmaker's licence, of the charge[F3 under Article 9(1)] of that Order.

5.  Any person shall be entitled to appear at the hearing of the application and object to the renewal of the bookmaker's licence on any of the grounds mentioned in Article 17(2) and (4).N.I.

6.  A person intending to object under paragraph 5 shall, not less than 1 week before the renewal date,—N.I.

(a)serve upon the applicant notice of his intention to object briefly stating his grounds for so doing;

(b)serve a copy of the notice upon the clerk of petty sessions.

7.  Before the renewal date, the applicant shall deposit the bookmaker's licence with the clerk of petty sessions.N.I.

PART IIN.I.PROCEDURE FOR RENEWALS OUT OF TIME

8.  Part I shall apply for the purposes of an application under Article 20(1) for the renewal of a bookmaker's licence subject to the following modifications—N.I.

(a)paragraph 1 shall be omitted;

(b)in paragraphs 2, 6 and 7 for any reference to the renewal date there shall be substituted a reference to the time of the court sitting at which the application is to be made.

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