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REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 7

Hearing of applications.

7.(1) Applications for, or for the renewal of, certificates shall, subject to
section 12(1), be brought before the court in the month of January in each
year.

(2) A resident magistrate shall not adjudicate on the hearing of an
application or complaint affecting a club of which he is a member.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), every applicant for, or for the renewal of, a
certificate and every objector who has complied with section 6(2) shall be
entitled to appear and be heard at the hearing of the application and, in the
case of an objector, to oppose the grant of the application on the grounds
specified in his objection.

(4) The court shall not consider any objection to the grant of the application
unless it is made on one or more of the grounds specified in Schedule 3.

(5) Without prejudice to any other power of the court to adjourn proceedings,
the court may adjourn the hearing of an application to a future day in order
to

(a)enable the club or the district inspector of the Royal Ulster Constabulary
appearing on the application to produce evidence or further evidence to the
court; or

(b)enable the club to bring its rules into conformity with section 3 and
Schedule 2.

(6) If upon the hearing of an application any persons are entitled to be heard
under subsection (3) of this section or under section 8(3), the court shall
hear those persons, and may order such enquiry as it thinks fit, and
thereafter shall grant or refuse the application.

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