Access to Justice Act 1999

34 (1) Section 11 (cancellation of and disqualification for bookmaker’s permit or betting agency permit) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (5) (notification of cancellation)—

(a) for “clerk of” substitute “proper officer of”, and

(b) for “clerk to” (in both places) substitute “proper officer of”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(6) In subsection (5)—

• “the proper officer of the authority” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1; and

• “the proper officer of the court” means—

  (a)

  in relation to a magistrates' court in England and Wales, the justices' chief executive for the court; and

  (b)

  in relation to any other court, the clerk of the court.”