Betting Act, 1931

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Registration in register of bookmaking offices.

12.—(1) Any licensed bookmaker to whom a certificate of suitability of premises has been given in respect of any premises of which he is the proprietor may, within twenty-one days after the issue of such certificate and (in the case of an application for a renewal of registration) within the period hereinafter mentioned, apply to the Revenue Commissioners in writing in the prescribed form to register or renew the registration of the premises mentioned in such certificate in the register of bookmaking offices and upon delivery of such application to the Revenue Commissioners and payment to the Revenue Commissioners by the applicant of the excise duty for the time being required by law to be paid on the registration or the renewal of the registration of premises in the register of bookmaking offices, the Revenue Commissioners shall register or renew the registration of the said premises in the register of bookmaking offices and shall issue to the applicant a certificate in the prescribed form of such registration or renewal of registration.

(2) Unless and until removed from the register under or by virtue of this Act, any premises registered in the register of bookmaking offices shall continue to be so registered until midnight on the 30th day of November next after the registration thereof and shall then (unless the registration has been renewed under this Act) be removed from the said register.

(3) Every renewal of the registration of any premises in the register of bookmaking offices shall commence and take effect as from the expiration of the registration or the last renewal of the registration (as the case may require) of the said premises in the said register, and unless and until removed from the register under or by virtue of this Act such premises shall continue so registered until midnight on the 30th day of November next after the commencement of such renewal and shall then (unless the registration is renewed under this Act) be removed from the said register.

(4) An application for the renewal of the registration of any premises in the register of bookmaking offices shall be made before but not more than fourteen days before the expiration of the registration or the last renewal of the registration of such premises in the said register.