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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 22

Revocation of totalisator licence.

22.(1) The Ministry of Finance, ..., may at any time, after giving to the
holder of the totalisator licence an opportunity of being heard, revoke
a totalisator licence if

(a)the Ministry of Home Affairs is satisfied that there has been a breach or
contravention of any of the conditions to which the totalisator licence is
subject or that the approved horse racecourse in respect of which the
totalisator licence has been granted has been conducted in a disorderly manner
or so as to cause a nuisance; or

(b)the Ministry of Home Affairs is satisfied that the licensed totalisator has
been maintained or operated otherwise than in accordance with the provisions
of section twenty-one or of any regulation made thereunder; or

(c)the holder of the totalisator licence, or any director, general manager,
secretary or other similar officer thereof is convicted of any offence under
section twenty-one or under the regulations made thereunder or of any offence
involving fraud or dishonesty;

(2) The holder of a totalisator licence which has been revoked under
sub-section (1) may appeal against such revocation to a court of summary
jurisdiction and an appeal shall lie, in the manner provided by Part VI of the
Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland), 1935, to a
court of quarter sessions against any order made by that court of summary
jurisdiction so however that the decision of such court of quarter sessions
shall be final.

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