BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 4 Issue and operation of bookmakers' licences.

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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 4

Issue and operation of bookmakers' licences.

4.(1) Any individual to whom

[(a)]a certificate of character has been granted [; and

(b)who, except in the case of an individual who intends to apply under
section 8 for the issue of a bookmaking office licence, has paid, in relation
to his application under this section, the charge mentioned in Article
11(1)(a) of the Horse Racing and Betting (Northern Ireland) Order 1976,]

(2) On delivery of such application and on payment to the Ministry of Finance
by the applicant of the excise duty specified in sub-section (5), the Ministry
of Finance shall issue to the applicant a bookmaker's licence.

(3) A bookmaker's licence shall, unless earlier revoked by an order made by
the court under section eleven, be in force from the date on which it is
issued until the [end of 30th September next after the date on which it is
expressed to take effect].

(4) A bookmaker's licence issued under the foregoing provisions of this Part
shall entitle the holder of the licence to carry on the business of bookmaking
only at a horse or dog racecourse meeting or at a recognised point to point or
coursing meeting.

(5) [Subject to sub-section (6),] there shall be charged, levied and paid to
the Ministry of Finance on every bookmaker's licence issued under this Part an
excise duty of [one pound].

[(6) Where a bookmaker's licence is issued under this Part

(a)in respect of the licence year ending on 30th September 1977 to an
individual who has not held a similar licence for the period of nine months
ending on 30th September 1976; or

(b)in respect of any subsequent licence year to an individual who has not held
a similar licence within the twelve months immediately preceding the date of
issue;

(7) In sub-section (6) "licence year" has the meaning assigned to it by
Article 2(2) of the Horse Racing and Betting (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.]

Prohibition of using premises without licence.

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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 4