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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 6

Certificate of suitability.

6.(1) Any individual who desires to obtain a bookmaking office 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 suitability") that
the premises in which he intends to carry on business as a bookmaker are
suitable for the purpose.

(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) Not less than twenty-one days nor more than forty days before the date of
making such application the applicant shall cause to be inserted in at least
two newspapers circulating in the area in which the premises referred to in
sub-section (1) are situate a notice of his intention to apply for
a certificate of suitability and any local government elector residing in the
electoral division in which such premises are situate shall be entitled to
appear and oppose such application.

Subs.(4) spent

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