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Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

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20(1)Save as provided by paragraphs 15 to 19 of this Schedule, the appropriate authority shall not refuse any application for the grant or renewal of a bookmaker's permit betting agency permit or betting office licence made, so far as lies within the control of the applicant, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, but shall grant or renew the permit or licence on payment by the applicant to the clerk to the authority of a fee of—

(a)in the case of the grant of a bookmaker's permit, one hundred pounds;

(b)in the case of the grant of a betting agency permit, five pounds;

(c)in the case of the renewal of a bookmaker's permit or betting agency permit or the grant or renewal of a betting office licence, one pound ;

and if the authority refuse any such application they shall state the grounds of their refusal.

(2)The clerk to any appropriate authority in Scotland shall pay over all fees received by him under this paragraph to the local authority liable under section 21 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959 to defray the expenses of that appropriate authority ; and that local authority shall pay to that clerk, in respect of anything done by him under this Act, such fees as the Court of Session may by act of sederunt prescribe.

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