AUCTIONS (LOCAL CONTROL) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 3 Registration of premises used for sales by auction.

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AUCTIONS (LOCAL CONTROL) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 3

Registration of premises used for sales by auction.

3.(1) No premises shall be used for the conduct of any sale to which this Act
applies unless they are registered under this section for that purpose.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section the local authority
shall, on the application of the occupier of, or of a person proposing to
occupy, any premises used or proposed to be used for the conduct of any sale
to which this Act applies, register those premises under this section.

(3) If

(a)it appears to a local authority

(i)that any premises for the registration of which application has been made
under this section or which are registered under this section are or have
become unsuitable for use for the purpose of conducting sales to which
this Act applies; or

(ii)that any such premises have been used for the purpose of conducting
otherwise than in good faith any sale by auction;

(b)the applicant for registration or the occupier for the time being of any
such premises has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty;

(4) If a person on whom notice is served under the last preceding sub-section
fails to show cause to the satisfaction of the authority the authority may
refuse the application or, as the case may be, cancel the registration of the
premises and if they do shall forthwith give to such person notice of such
refusal or cancellation, and, if so required by him within fourteen days of
such refusal or cancellation, shall give to him within forty-eight hours a
statement of the grounds on which their refusal or cancellation was based.

(5) A person aggrieved by the refusal or cancellation of a local authority
under this section may appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction and such
person or local authority may, if dissatisfied by the decision of that court
on such appeal, appeal to the county court against such decision.

(6) An occupier of premises registered under this section who ceases to occupy
the premises otherwise than by reason of his death shall, within seven days
after so ceasing, give notice in writing thereof to the authority with whom
the premises were registered and, if he neglects or fails to do so, shall on
summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

(7) In the event of the occupier of premises registered under this section
dying or ceasing to occupy the premises any registration of the premises then
in force shall continue in force for a period of three months from the date of
death or cesser of occupation but shall upon the expiration of that period
cease to have effect.

(8) Any person who conducts or assists in conducting a sale to which this Act
applies on any premises which are not registered under this section and any
person who knowingly permits any such premises to be used for the purpose of
conducting such a sale shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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AUCTIONS (LOCAL CONTROL) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 3