1(1)An application by a club for the issue, renewal or variation of a registration certificate shall be made by lodging the application, together with the number of additional copies required under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, with the clerk to the justices.
(2)The court may, on such conditions as the court thinks fit, allow such an application to be amended.
(3)An amended application shall be made by lodging with the clerk to the justices the original application or the relevant parts of it altered so as to show the amendments, together with the number of additional copies required under paragraph 4 of this Schedule.
2A registration certificate shall be surrendered by lodging with the clerk to the justices a notice of surrender, together with the certificate and such number of additional copies of the notice as is required under paragraph 4 of this Schedule.
3(1)Any such application or amended application and any such notice shall be signed by the chairman or by the secretary of the club.E+W
(2)In the absence of objection the court shall not require proof that an application or amended application purporting to be so signed is duly signed.
4On receipt of any such application or amended application or of any such notice the clerk to the justices shall forthwith send a copy to any chief officer of police concerned and to the clerk of any local authority concerned, and the number of additional copies required to be lodged with the clerk is the number necessary to provide the copies the clerk needs for this purpose.
5E+WA club applying for the issue of a registration certificate for any premises, or for the renewal of a registration certificate in respect of different, additional or enlarged premises, shall give public notice of the application (identifying those premises and giving the name and address of the club) either—
(a)by displaying the notice on or near the premises, in a place where it can conveniently be read by the public, for the seven days beginning with the date of the application; or
(b)by advertisement on one at least of those days in a newspaper circulating in the place where the premises are situated.