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Grounds for refusal of certificate of suitability of premises.
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8.—A certificate of suitability of premises may be refused on any one or more of the following grounds and on no other ground whatsoever, that is to say:—
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(a) that the applicant is neither a licensed bookmaker nor the holder of a certificate of personal fitness;
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(b) that the applicant is not the proprietor of the premises;
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(c) that the premises are in close proximity to a place of worship, a religious institution, a school, an employment exchange, a factory or works, or other similar place in or near which large numbers of persons congregate, or are situate in a residential area;
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(d) that the premises are in close proximity to premises known to be resorted to habitually by evilly-disposed persons;
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(e) that the premises communicate internally with other premises;
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(f) that the premises had previously been registered in the register of bookmaking offices and had been removed from that register pursuant to an order of the court;
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(g) that the premises are registered in the register of bookmaking premises and during such registration irregularities had occurred owing to the close proximity of the premises to premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor;
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(h) that the applicant had previously been convicted of an offence under this or any other Act in relation to the premises or in relation to any other registered premises of which he was the registered proprietor at the time the offence was committed;
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(i) if the premises are or had been previously registered in the register of bookmaking offices, that at some time while the applicant was the registered proprietor thereof the business of bookmaking had been conducted therein in a disorderly manner or in such manner as to cause or encourage persons to congregate and loiter in large numbers in or outside the premises;
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(j) that the applicant is or had previously been the registered proprietor of other registered premises and that the business of bookmaking is being or had while the applicant was such registered proprietor been conducted in such premises in a disorderly manner or in such manner as to cause or encourage persons to congregate and loiter in large numbers in or outside the premises.
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