The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Register of licences, certificates and permits N.I.

174.—(1) Each clerk of petty sessions shall keep a register of—

(a) bookmakers' licences;

(b) bookmaking office licences;

(c) bingo club licences;

(d) gaming machine certificates;

(e) gaming machine permits; and

(f) lottery certificates;

granted by a[F1 county court for premises in, or a court of summary jurisdiction,] for the petty sessions district for which he acts as clerk.

(2) Each clerk of petty sessions shall record in the register in respect of each licence, certificate or permit—

(a) the matters which under this Order or by regulations are required to be specified on the licence, certificate or permit;

(b) particulars of the provisional grant of a bookmaking office licence or a bingo club licence and of any such licence declared final;

(c) particulars of any renewal of the licence or certificate or of the transfer of any bookmaking office licence;

(d) particulars of any bookmaking office licence or bingo club licence granted conditionally, of any period fixed by the court under Article 13(1) or (3) or 64(1) or (3) and of any declaration made by the court under Article 13(5) or 64(5);

(e) particulars of any notice served under Article 15(10), 66(9), 86(9) or 143(7);

(f) particulars of any restriction imposed on a bingo club licence under Article 63(8) or 68(5)(a), any direction given in respect of bingo club premises under Article 63(9) or 68(6)(a), any declaration made in respect of bingo club premises under Article 107, any variation of any such restriction or direction and any cancellation of any such direction or declaration;

[F1 (fa) particulars of any declaration made in respect of a licensed office under Article 107 and any cancellation of any such declaration;]

(g) particulars of any revocation of the licence, certificate or permit and of any disqualification order made in consequence of the revocation;

[F2 (gg) particulars of the forfeiture and cancellation of any bookmaking office licence in consequence of an order made under paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 1 to the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981;]

(h) particulars of any conviction of—

(i) a licensed bookmaker of any offence such as is mentioned in Article 53(1); or

(ii) any person of an offence mentioned in Article 79(1); or

(iii) a holder of a gaming machine certificate or a gaming machine permit of any offence mentioned in Article 125(1); or

(iv) a holder of a lottery certificate of any offence mentioned in Article 152;

and of any disqualification order made in consequence of the conviction;

(i) particulars of any matters such as are mentioned in paragraph (4)(a);

(j) such other matters as may be prescribed by regulations.

(3) Each clerk of petty sessions shall also keep—

(a) the plans received by him under[F1 paragraph (4)], Article 64(1)(b)F1 . . . or Part I of Schedule 9 as modified by Part II of that Schedule and any modifications of those plans consented to by the court under[F1 Article] 65(6);

(b) the particulars of any notice served under Article 173;

and those plans and particulars shall be deemed to be matters which are required to be, and have been, recorded in the register under paragraph (2).

(4) Where a court—

[F1 (za) on the application of any person grants, conditionally grants or provisionally grants a bookmaking office licence or declares the conditional grant to be unconditional or the provisional grant to be final; or]

(a) confirms, reverses or varies any decision or determination of any other court relating to a licence, certificate or permit; or

(b) convicts—

(i) a licensed bookmaker of any offence mentioned in Article 53(1); or

(ii) any person of an offence mentioned in Article 79(1); or

(iii) a holder of a gaming machine certificate or a gaming machine permit of an offence mentioned in Article 125(1); or

(iv) a holder of a lottery certificate of any offence mentioned in Article 152;[F2 or]

[F2 (c) orders the forfeiture and cancellation of a bookmaking office licence under paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 1 to the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981;]

the court, where it is not a court of summary jurisdiction for the petty sessions district[F1 in which the premises specified in the bookmaking office licence are situated or, as the case may be,] in which the licence, certificate or permit is recorded in a register under paragraph (1), shall cause a copy of its order[F1 , and any plan which was attached to, or received in connection with, the application, and, where the order relates to the grant, conditional grant or provisional grant of a bookmaking office licence, particulars of any matters to be entered on the register under paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (d),] to be sent to the clerk of petty sessions for that district.

(5) A clerk of petty sessions may make such alterations in the register as are necessary to ensure that the matters recorded in the register in respect of the licence, certificate or permit are accurate.

F1 2004 NI 1

F2 1986 c. 41