SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12Club Gaming Permits and Club Machine Permits
Consideration of application
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A person who receives a copy of an application for a permit in accordance with paragraph 3 may object to the application within the prescribed period of time and in the prescribed manner.
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The licensing authority to whom an application for a permit is made shall consider the application and—
a
grant it, or
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1
A licensing authority may refuse an application for a permit only on one or more of the following grounds (having regard to the matters mentioned in paragraph 27)—
a
that the applicant is not—
i
in the case of an application for a club gaming permit, a members' club or a miners' welfare institute, or
ii
in the case of an application for a club machine permit, a members' club, a commercial club or a miners' welfare institute,
b
that the premises on which the applicant conducts its activities are used wholly or mainly by children, by young persons or by both,
c
that an offence, or a breach of a condition of a permit, has been committed in the course of gaming activities carried on by the applicant,
d
that a permit held by the applicant has been cancelled during the period of ten years ending with the date of the application, or
e
that an objection to the application has been made under paragraph 4.
2
If a licensing authority are satisfied in relation to an application for a permit of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), they shall refuse the application.
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1
Before refusing an application for a permit a licensing authority must hold a hearing to consider the application and any objection made under paragraph 4.
2
But a licensing authority may dispense with the requirement for a hearing with the consent of—
a
the applicant, and
b
any person who has made (and not withdrawn) an objection under paragraph 4.
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1
Where a licensing authority grant an application for a permit they shall as soon as is reasonably practicable—
a
give notice of their decision and, where an objection was made under paragraph 4, of the reasons for it to—
i
the applicant,
ii
the Commission, and
iii
the chief officer of police for any area in which the premises specified in the application are wholly or partly situated, and
b
issue the permit to the applicant.
2
A licensing authority may not attach conditions to a permit.
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Where a licensing authority reject an application for a permit they shall as soon as is reasonably practicable give notice of their decision and the reasons for it to—
a
the applicant,
b
the Commission, and
c
the chief officer of police for any area in which the premises specified in the application are wholly or partly situated.