Gaming Act 1968

21 (1) The licensing authority may refuse to renew a licence under this Act on any one or more of the following grounds, in addition to those specified in paragraph 20 of this Schedule, that is to say—

(a) that it is not shown to their satisfaction that, in the area of the authority, a substantial demand exists on the part of players or prospective players for gaming facilities of the kind proposed to be provided on the relevant premises ;

(b) that a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of a contravention, in connection with the relevant premises, of any of the provisions of this Act, or of any regulations made thereunder ;

(c) that, while the licence has been in force, the relevant premises have not been so conducted as to prevent disturbance or disorder;

(d) that, while the licence has been in force, gaming on the relevant premises has been dishonestly conducted;

(e) that, while the licence has been in force, the relevant premises have been used for an unlawful purpose or as a resort of criminals or prostitutes ;

(f) that, while the licence has been in force, appropriate precautions against the danger of fire have not been observed, or have been insufficiently observed, in the use of the relevant premises.

(2) The licensing authority may also refuse to renew a licence under this Act on the grounds that, within the period of twelve months ending with the date on which the licensing authority consider the application for renewal of the licence, a notice under paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to this Act has been served on a person stating that a relevant certificate issued in respect of him under section 19 of this Act is revoked as from the end of a period specified in that notice.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph a certificate issued in respect of a person under section 19 of this Act shall be taken to have been a relevant certificate if it was a certificate certifying that he had been approved by the Board under that section—

(a) in respect of the performance on the relevant premises of a function which, at the time when the notice referred to in that sub-paragraph was served, he was authorised or required to perform on those premises in pursuance of a service agreement which was then in force, or

(b) in respect of his acting in relation to those premises in a capacity in which, at the time when that notice was served, he was acting, or was authorised or required to act, in relation to those premises.

(4) Paragraph 19 of this Schedule shall have effect for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this paragraph as it has effect for the purposes of paragraph 18 of this Schedule.

(5) In this paragraph " service agreement" has the same meaning as in section 19 of this Act.