Gaming Act 1968

Application for renewal of licence

12 (1) Any application for the renewal of a licence under this Act shall (subject to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph) be made in January or February in the year in which the licence is due to expire, and shall be made to the clerk to the licensing authority in such form and manner, and shall contain such particulars, as may be prescribed.

(2) The licensing authority may in any particular case entertain an application for the renewal of a licence under this Act which is made after the end of February if—

(a) they are satisfied that the failure to make the application before the end of that month was due to inadvertence, and

(b) the application is made before the end of such extended period as the licensing authority may in that case allow.

13 (1) At any time in March in each year, every licensing authority shall cause notice of the date, time and place appointed by the authority for the purpose of considering any applications for the renewal of licences under this Act to be published by means of an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the authority's area.

(2) A notice published in pursuance of the preceding sub-paragraph shall state that any person who desires to object to the renewal by the licensing authority of any particular licence under this Act should send to the clerk to the licensing authority, before 15th April, two copies of a brief statement in writing of the grounds of his objection.

(3) On or after 15th April, but not less than seven days before the date fixed by the licensing authority for the consideration of applications for the renewal of licences under this Act, the clerk to the licensing authority—

(a) if he has received from any person an objection in writing to the renewal of a particular licence, and that objection has not been withdrawn, and the address of that person is known to the clerk, shall send to that person a notice stating whether an application for the renewal of that licence has been made or not, and

(b) shall send to the person by whom any application for the renewal of a licence under this Act has been duly made to the licensing authority a copy of any objection to the renewal which the clerk has received and which has not been withdrawn.