SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Bookmaker’s Permits, Betting Agency Permits and Betting Office Licences C1
Applications for renewal of permit or licence
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Each appropriate authority, in each year in which any application for the renewal of a bookmaker’s permit, betting agency permit or betting office licence, other than an application to which paragraph 10(b) of this Schedule applies, falls to be made to the authority shall in the month of February (if the authority are in England) or January (if the authority are in Scotland) give in writing to the holder of that permit or licence,and cause to be published by means of an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in their area, notice of a day in April (if the authority are in England) or March (if the authority are in Scotland) on which they will hold a meeting for the purpose of considering such applications, and that notice shall include the time and place appointed for the meeting and shall state—
a
in the case of the notice given to the holder of any permit or licence, that any such application must be received by the clerk to the authority before a specified date, being a date not earlier than fourteen days after both the giving of the notice in writing and the publication of the advertisement aforesaid;
b
in the case of the notice given by advertisement,
F1i
that any person who desires to object to the renewal by the authority of any particular permit or licence should send to the clerk to the authority before the same date two copies of brief statement in writing of the grounds of his objection. F2, and
ii
where relevant, that there are circumstances in which an application for renewal may be dealt with under paragraph 20A of this Schedule by the clerk to the authority instead of at the meeting.
Sch. 1 amended by Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65), s. 11, Sch. 2 para. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)