Gaming Act 1968

Appeal by applicant

11 (1) Where on an application under this Schedule the licensing authority refuse to register or renew the registration of a club or institute under Part III of this Act, the clerk to the licensing authority shall forthwith give notice of the decision of the authority to the applicant; and, within fourteen days from the date of service of that notice, the applicant may, by notice to the clerk to the authority, appeal against the decision to a court of quarter sessions having jurisdiction in the authority's area.

(2) As soon as practicable after receiving notice of appeal against such a decision of the licensing authority, the clerk to the authority shall send the notice to the clerk of the peace together with a statement of the decision against which the appeal is brought and of the name and last-known residence or place of business of the appellant.

(3) On receipt of the notice of appeal, the clerk of the peace shall enter the appeal and give in writing to the appellant, to the appropriate officer of police and to the licensing authority not less than seven days' notice of the date, time and place appointed for the hearing of the appeal.

(4) The court of quarter sessions may by its order allow or dismiss the appeal and may deal with the application as if it had been made to the court of quarter sessions in the first instance ; and the judgment of the court of quarter sessions on the appeal shall be final.

(5) A justice shall not act in the hearing or determination of an appeal under this paragraph from any decision in which he took part.

12 Paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to appeals under the last preceding paragraph as it has effect in relation to appeals under paragraph 29 of that Schedule.