Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table B(6)
5(1)If any person makes an application to the registering authority for registration under this Schedule, the registering authority shall, on payment of the appropriate registration fee fixed under paragraph 11 of this Schedule, register him accordingly in a register to be kept by them for the purposes of this Schedule and shall notify him in writing that they have done so.E+W+S
(2)Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing sub-paragraph, the registering authority may in the case of any person, after giving him an opportunity of being heard, refuse to register him or revoke his registration if that person or, where that person is a body corporate, any director or manager thereof, has been convicted of any offence under section 4(2) of this Act, under paragraph 29 of this Schedule or under the M1Pool Betting Act 1954, or of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
(3)If, after a person has been registered under this Schedule, the registering authority, after giving him an opportunity of being heard, are satisfied—
(a)that he does not intend to carry on a pool betting business; or
(b)that he has permanently ceased to carry on pool betting business; or
(c)that the place or principal place at which he carries on his pool betting business will not be, or has ceased to be, in their area,
they shall revoke his registration.
Marginal Citations
6E+W+SWhere the registration of any person has been refused or revoked under the last foregoing paragraph by a registering authority in England, that authority shall forthwith notify that person of the refusal or revocation, [F1and within twenty-one days of being so notified he may by notice to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court and to the registering authority appeal against the refusal or revocation to the Crown Court].
Textual Amendments
F1Words stand in the text by virtue of S.I. 1982/1109, rules 6, 7, Sch. 3 Pt. II
7E+W+SWhere the registration of any person has been refused or revoked under paragraph 5 of this Schedule by a registering authority in Scotland, that authority shall forthwith notify that person of the refusal or revocation, and he may appeal, within such time, and in accordance with such rules, as may be prescribed by the Court of Session by act of sederunt, to the sheriff having jurisdiction in the area in which the place or principal place at which that person carries on or intends to carry on his pool betting business is situated, and on any such appeal the decision of the sheriff shall be final and may include such order as to the expenses of the appeal as he thinks proper.
8E+W+SWhere the registering authority revoke a registration under paragraph 5 of this Schedule, then, until the time within which notice of appeal under paragraph 6 or 7 thereof may be given has expired and, if such notice is duly given, until the determination or abandonment of the appeal, the registration shall be deemed to continue in force, and if the court of quarter sessions or, as the case be, the sheriff confirms the decision of the registering authority, the court or the sheriff may, if it or he thinks fit, order that the registration shall continue in force for a further period not exceeding two months from the date of the order.
9E+W+SIf a registered pool promoter dies, his registration shall, for the period of three months beginning with the date of the death, enure for the benefit of his legal personal representatives.