Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4A inserted (28.7.2000 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 2 para. 10(2) of the amending Act) by 2000 c. 17, s. 17, Sch. 2 para. 10(1)
2(1)The Commissioners may give a notice which complies with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below.U.K.
(2)In this Schedule such a notice is referred to as a “default notice”.
(3)The notice shall state that one or more amusement machines appear to have been provided for play on specified premises (“relevant premises”) during a specified period (the “alleged default period”)—
(a)the first day of which falls not more than three years before the date of the notice, and
(b)the last day of which falls on or before the date of the notice.
(4)The notice shall request the production to the Commissioners on or before a specified date (the “due date”) of every relevant amusement machine licence.
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) above an amusement machine licence is a relevant licence if, at any time during the alleged default period, it was in force in relation to an amusement machine provided for play on the relevant premises at that time.
(6)A single default notice may relate to—
(a)different alleged default periods, or
(b)different relevant premises.
(7)A default notice shall be deemed to have been given if it is—
(a)left at, or posted to, the relevant premises, or
(b)given to, or posted to or left at the proper address of one or more persons falling within sub-paragraph (8) below.
(8)Those persons are—
(a)one or more of the persons who are or appear to be, or who at any time during the alleged default period were or appear to have been, responsible persons in relation to the relevant premises or an amusement machine provided for play on those premises, or
(b)any person who is the representative of such a person.]