66.—(1) A bingo club licence shall be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations and shall specify—
(a)the name and address of the holder of the licence;
(b)the name of the bingo club;
(c)the address of the premises for which it is granted;
(d)the name and address of the owner of the premises; and
(e)such other matters as may be so prescribed.
(2) Subject to Article 64(4) and to the succeeding provisions of this Article, a bingo club licence shall, unless it is revoked or is a licence to which a disqualification order under Article 74 or 79 applies or it ceases to be in force under Article 173, remain in force from the date on which it is granted until—
(a)the expiration of the licensing year in which it is granted, or
(b)if it is granted within the 3 months immediately preceding the expiration of that year, the expiration of the next following licensing year.
(3) Where, at the hearing of an application for the grant of a bingo club licence any person appears before the court and opposes the grant, but the court grants the licence—
(a)until the expiry of the time for bringing an appeal against the grant and, if an appeal is brought, until the grant is confirmed or the appeal is abandoned, the licence granted shall not come into force;
(b)if on appeal the grant is confirmed or if the appeal is abandoned, for the purpose of determining the period for which the licence is to be in force the date when the appeal is disposed of shall be substituted for the date on which the licence was granted and the clerk of petty sessions shall (if necessary) amend the licence accordingly.
(4) Where a bingo club licence granted conditionally is at any time declared unconditional paragraph (2), other than sub-paragraph (b), shall apply as if the licence were granted at that time.
(5) Where a bingo club licence granted provisionally is at any time declared final paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply as if the licence were granted at that time.
(6) Paragraph (2) shall not prejudice the operation of Articles 70 and 73 under which a bingo club licence may continue in force after the time when it would otherwise expire.
(7) Where at any time—
(a)the holder of a bingo club licence dies or is adjudged bankrupt, or his bingo club becomes vested in the official assignee (whether before or after his death) without his being so adjudged or becomes vested in a trustee under a deed of arrangement with his creditors, or a receiver of his property or a committee or guardian is appointed with power to manage the bingo club; or
(b)in the case of a body corporate, a winding-up is commenced or a receiver is appointed as aforesaid;
except for the purposes of the renewal of the licence, the personal representative or, as the case requires, the assignees or trustee in bankruptcy, official assignee, trustee under the deed, receiver, committee, guardian or liquidator shall be deemed to be the holder of the bingo club licence and—
(i)subject to sub-paragraph (ii), the bingo club licence shall, where it would otherwise expire under this Article or Article 71 continue in force until the end of a period of 6 months from that time unless the licence is revoked or is a licence to which a disqualification order under Article 74 or 79 applies or the licence ceases to be in force under Article 173;
(ii)a court of summary jurisdiction may on the application of the person deemed to be the holder of the bingo club licence, extend the period for which that licence continues to be in force by virtue of this paragraph if it is satisfied that no circumstances make it undesirable.
(8) Where the holder of a bingo club licence dies and he has no personal representative or his personal representative is unwilling or unable to act, the licence shall, unless the licence is revoked or is a licence to which a disqualification order under Article 74 or 79 applies or the licence ceases to be in force under Article 173, continue in force for the benefit of any person entitled in consequence of his death to a beneficial interest in the bingo club until—
(a)the expiration of a period of 2 months from the date of his death, or
(b)paragraph (7) becomes applicable by reason of the appointment of a personal representative,
whichever first occurs.
(9) The authority conferred on any person by virtue of paragraph (7) or (8) to carry on a bingo club shall be suspended on the expiration of the period of 2 weeks from the date when he commenced to carry on that club unless during that period he has served notice that he is carrying on the bingo club by virtue of that paragraph (and, if he is carrying it on by virtue of paragraph (7), the capacity in which he is doing so) upon—
(a)the clerk of petty sessions for the petty sessions district, and
(b)the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division,
in which the bingo club premises are situated; but the authority, if so suspended, shall revive upon the service of such a notice.