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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 2

Persons to whom licences may be granted.

2.(1) The person to whom a licence is granted (other than a housing authority
to whom a licence is granted provisionally) shall be the owner of the business
proposed to be carried on under the licence.

(2) A licence may be granted to an individual, to a body corporate or to two
or more persons carrying on business in partnership.

(3) In considering the fitness of a person to hold a licence for any premises,
a court shall have regard to

(a)his character;

(b)his suitability to manage the business which is or is proposed to be
carried on under the licence, or the suitability of any person who is or is
proposed to be employed by him in that behalf;

(c)the extent to which, by virtue of any estate vested in him, he is entitled
to possession and control of the premises.

(4) In considering the fitness of a body corporate to hold a licence, a court
shall also have regard to the character of the directors of the body and any
other persons who have executive control of it, as if the licence were, or
were proposed to be, held by them jointly.

(5) The following persons shall be disqualified for obtaining or holding a
licence

(a)the holder of a bookmaker's licence granted under Part I of the Betting and
Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957;

Para.(b) rep. by 1974 c.39 s.192 sch.5 Pt.II

(6) A licence purporting to be held by any person disqualified by subsection
(5) for holding a licence shall be void.


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