BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 11 Revocation of licences.

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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 11

Revocation of licences.

11.(1) Where a licensed bookmaker, who holds a bookmaker's licence on which
particulars of two convictions are endorsed under the provisions of section
ten, is convicted of any other offence and the court before which he is
convicted considers that particulars of the conviction for that other offence
should be endorsed on his bookmaker's licence, the court shall, instead of
ordering endorsement, revoke such licence and any bookmaking office licence
held by the licensed bookmaker.

(2) Where a licensed bookmaker is convicted of any offence, whether at common
law or under this or any other Act, and the court before which he is convicted
considers that such offence was of such nature or character or was committed
in such circumstances that the commission thereof showed that he was not a fit
person to continue to be a licensed bookmaker, the court may revoke his
bookmaker's licence and where a bookmaker's licence is so revoked any
bookmaking office licence held by the licensed bookmaker shall also be revoked
by the court.

(3) Where the holder of a bookmaking office licence is convicted of any
offence, whether at common law or under this or any other Act and the court
before which he is convicted considers that such offence was of such nature or
character or was committed in such circumstances that the commission thereof
showed that, although he might be a fit person to continue to hold a
bookmaker's licence, he was nevertheless not a fit person to operate
a licensed office, the court may revoke his bookmaking office licence without
revoking his bookmaker's licence.

(4) Where any licence is revoked under this section

(a)the court shall communicate the fact of such revocation to the Ministry of
Finance;

(b)the holder of such licence shall within seven days after such revocation
deliver the licence to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance
shall thereupon cancel the licence; and

(c)the holder of the licence shall be guilty of an offence if he fails to
deliver the licence in accordance with paragraph (b).

(5) A person whose bookmaking licence or bookmaking office licence is revoked
by virtue of a conviction or order of a court of summary jurisdiction may
appeal against the revocation in like manner as if it were an order made
against him for the payment of a penal or other sum and the court may order
the operation of the revocation to be suspended pending the appeal and, where
the court orders such suspension, the provisions of sub-section (4) shall not
have effect until the expiration of the period of suspension.

Closing of licensed offices on certain days.

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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 11