Appeals under Part I of the 1963 ActS
3.2.2—(1) This rule applies to–
(a)appeals under paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1963 Act against the decision of a licensing board refusing to grant or renew a bookmaker’s permit, betting agency permit or betting office licence;
(b)appeals under paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1963 Act against a decision of a licensing board ordering that a bookmaker’s permit be forfeited or cancelled;
(c)appeals under paragraph 28D of Schedule 1 to the 1963 Act M1 against the decision of a licensing board ordering that a betting office licence be forfeited and cancelled;
(d)appeals under paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1963 Act against the decision of a registering authority to refuse to register that appellant as a pools promoter, or to revoke his registration as a pools promoter; and
(e)appeals under paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 3 to the 1963 Act against the decision of a licensing authority to revoke a track betting licence.
(2) The appellant shall serve a copy of the initial writ on–
(a)the clerk to the licensing board, registering authority or licensing authority, as the case may be;
(b)all parties who appeared at the hearing before the licensing board, registering authority or licensing authority, as the case may be; and
(c)in the case of an appeal against the forfeiture and cancellation of a bookmaker’s permit or of a betting office licence, the applicant for forfeiture and cancellation.
(3) The clerk to the licensing board, registering authority or licensing authority, as the case may be shall, within 7 days after the date of service on him of a copy of the initial writ, send a written statement setting out the reasons for the decision of the licensing board, registering authority or licensing authority, as the case may be to–
(a)the sheriff clerk; and
(b)each of the persons on whom service of a copy initial writ is required to be made in terms of paragraph (2).
Marginal Citations
M1Paragraph 28D of Schedule 1 was inserted by S.I. 1997/947.