1(1)Subject to the provisions of this Schedule with respect to certificates of consent, the authority responsible for the grant, renewal, cancellation and transfer of licences under this Act—
(a)in any petty sessions area in England or Wales, or
[F1(b)in any area in Scotland,]
shall be the authority which under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1963 is responsible for the grant or renewal of bookmaker’s permits, betting agency permits and betting office licences in that area.
(2)Any such authority is in this Act referred to as a “licensing authority”.
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F1Para 1(1)(b) substituted by Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 66), s. 133(2)
2(1)In this Schedule “the licensing authority”, in relation to a licence under this Act or to an application relating to such a licence, means the licensing authority for the petty sessions area in England or Wales, or the licensing area in Scotland, in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated.
(2)In this Schedule—
“the appropriate collector of duty” means the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated;
“the appropriate fire authority” means the fire authority (within the meaning of the M1Fire Services Act 1947) in whose area the relevant premises are or are to be situated;
“the appropriate local authority”—
(a)in England and Wales, means the local authority (being the council of a . . . F2, London borough or county district or the Common Council of the City of London) in whose area the relevant premises are or are to be situated, and
[F3(b)in Scotland,
(i)where the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated in an islands area, the council for that area;
(ii)in any other case, the council for the district within whose area the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated;]
“the appropriate officer of police” means the chief officer of police, or in Scotland, the chief constable, for the police area in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated;
“bingo club licence” means a licence under this Act granted in respect of any premises subject to restrictions under paragraph 25 of this Schedule whereby gaming to which Part II of this Act applies on those premises is limited to the playing of bingo;
“the clerk to the licensing authority”, where that authority is a committee of the justices acting for a petty sessions area, means the clerks to those justices, or, if there are two or more clerks to those justices, means—
(a)such one of those clerks as the magistrates’ courts committee (or, in the case of the inner London area, the committee of magistrates) having power over the appointment of clerks to justices for that area may direct, or
(b)in default of any such direction, any of those clerks; and
“the relevant premises”, in relation to a licence under this Act or to an application relating to such a licence, means the premises in respect of which the licence is for the time being in force or the premises to which the application relates, as the case may be.
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F3Para. (b) substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 24 para. 31
Marginal Citations
[F42A(1)Each licensing authority shall for each year fix a day in each of the months ofE+W+S
(a)January, April, July and October if the authority is in England or Wales; or
(b)January, March, June and October if the authority is in Scotland,
as a day on which, subject to paragraphs 7 and 13 of this Schedule, they will hold a meeting for the purpose of considering any application for the grant or renewal of a licence under this Act then awaiting consideration.
(2)In addition to any meeting on a day fixed in pursuance of the preceding sub-paragraph, a licensing authority may hold a meeting on any other day for the purpose of considering such applications as are mentioned in that sub-paragraph.]
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