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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 2

Certificate of character.

2.(1) Any individual who desires to obtain a bookmaker's licence may apply in
accordance with this section to a court of summary jurisdiction for a
certificate (in this Part referred to as "a certificate of character") that he
is a fit and proper person to hold a bookmaker's licence.

(2) Notice of an application under sub-section (1) shall be given to such
persons (including officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary) as may be
prescribed by summary jurisdiction rules and the persons so prescribed shall
be entitled to appear and oppose such application.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-section (2) of section forty-two of the
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland), 1954, where an individual intends to
carry on business as a bookmaker in any premises he may apply for
a certificate of character to a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the
petty sessions district in which such premises are situate notwithstanding the
fact that such person does not ordinarily reside in that district.

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