Revocation of bookmakers' licencesN.I.
27.—(1) An application for the revocation of a bookmaker's licence may be made by any person to a court of summary jurisdiction on any of the following grounds—
(a)that the licensed bookmaker is not a fit person to hold a bookmaker's licence; or
(b)that any information which, in or in connection with the application on which the licence was granted or renewed, was given to the court by the applicant was false in a material particular; or
(c)that the licensed bookmaker has been refused the grant or renewal of a bookmaker's licence on the ground mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (d) within the preceding 12 months; or
(d)that the licensed bookmaker has allowed the business carried on under the licence to be managed by, or carried on for the benefit of, a person other than the bookmaker who would himself be refused the grant of a bookmaker's licence; or
[(da)that the business carried on under the licence has been carried on in a manner which involved serious, repeated or continuous failure to comply with a code of practice in force under Article 180A; or]
(e)that the licensed bookmaker has been convicted of an offence under this Part[ or Chapter III of Part III] or Part I of the Betting and Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957[; or]
[(f)that the licenced bookmaker or an employee of his has, since the licence was granted, received or negotiated a bet on the outcome of any lottery forming part of a National Lottery for the purposes of Part I of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.]
(2) The procedure for applications for the revocation of bookmakers' licences is set out in Schedule 7.
(3) On an application for the revocation of a bookmaker's licence a court shall hear the objections, if any, made under Schedule 7.
(4) A court shall refuse an application for the revocation of a bookmaker's licence unless it is satisfied that the application is not made on grounds which—
(a)have been, or ought to have been, raised previously by way of objection either when the bookmaker's licence was granted or on an occasion when it has been renewed; or
(b)are or have been the subject matter of proceedings for such an offence as is mentioned in Article 53.
(5) Where the court refuses an application for the revocation of a bookmaker's licence, it shall specify in its order the reasons for its refusal.