F2PART IVGAME AND GAME DEALERS' LICENCES
Game dealers' licences
36Certificate required for issue of game dealer's licence.
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A game dealer's licence shall not be issued except to a person who holds a certificate, granted in accordance with the provisions of this section by a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district in which the premises in respect of which the licence is to be issued are situate, authorising the issue of a licence to that person, and a separate certificate shall be required in respect of each separate licence.
2
Any game dealer's licence issued in contravention of this section shall be void.
3
Every certificate granted to a game dealer shall show his true name and address and the address of the premises at which he is authorised by the certificate to obtain a licence to carry on business as such.
4
A certificate shall come into force on the date on which it is granted and shall expire on the next following 1st July.
5
Magistrates' courts rules may make provision with respect to the procedure to be followed in making application for certificates and with respect to—
a
the giving of notices of intention to make an application;
b
the persons entitled to be represented at the hearing of the application;
c
the form of certificate to be granted.
6
A court of summary jurisdiction shall not refuse to grant a certificate under this section except on some one or more of the following grounds—
a
that satisfactory evidence has not been produced of the good character of the applicant;
b
that satisfactory evidence has been produced that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate;
c
that the applicant has not complied with the provisions contained in magistrates' courts rules with respect to applications for certificates.
7
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a court of summary jurisdiction to grant a certificate under this section may appeal to a county court in the manner provided byF3 Part XII of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
Pt. IV (ss. 27-42) ceased to have effect (13.6.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 35, 40(1); S.R. 2011/215, art. 2