Gaming Act 1968

4 (1) Any application for renewal of the registration of a club or institute under Part II of this Act shall (subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph) be made in January or February in the year in which the registration is due to expire, and shall be made to the clerk to the licensing authority in such form and manner, and shall contain such particulars, as may be prescribed.

(2) In the case of each club or institute whose registration under Part II of this Act is due to expire in any particular year, where an application for renewal of the registration has not already been made, the clerk to the licensing authority shall before the end of January in that year serve on the chairman or secretary of the club or institute a notice stating that the registration is due to expire in that year and that any application for renewal of the registration must be made before the end of February.

(3) The licensing authority may in any particular case entertain an application for renewal of such registration which is made after the end of February if—

(a) they are satisfied that the failure to make the application before the end of that month was due to inadvertence, and

(b) the application is made before the end of such extended period as the licensing authority may in that case allow.