Betting (Amendment) Act 2015

Extension of licence under this Act

22. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Revenue Commissioners may extend the operation of a licence under this Act for the appropriate period where, before the expiration of a certificate of personal fitness issued—

(a) to the holder of the licence, or

(b) in case the holder of the licence is a body corporate, to any relevant officer of the body corporate,

under section 4, 5 or 5A, and by reason, in part, of which the holder of the licence was issued the licence, the holder of the licence or the relevant officer, as the case may be, makes an application under that section for a new certificate of personal fitness and a new certificate of personal fitness is not issued or is not likely to be issued earlier than 7 days before the day on which the licence would, but for the exercise of the power conferred by this subsection, expire.”,

and

(b) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(3) In this section ‘appropriate period’ means the period commencing on the day on which the licence concerned would, but for the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1), expire and ending—

(a) on the expiration of the period of 7 days after the issue of the new certificate of personal fitness applied for,

(b) in circumstances where the application for a new certificate of personal fitness is refused by the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána concerned or the Minister for Justice and Equality and the individual does not make a request referred to in subsection (1) of section 13, on the expiration of the period within which the request may be made,

(c) in circumstances where the application for a new certificate of personal fitness is refused by the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána concerned or the Minister for Justice and Equality and the individual makes a request referred to in subsection (1) of section 13 but does not bring an appeal under that section, on the expiration of the period specified in subsection (3) of that section, or

(d) in circumstances where the application for a new certificate of personal fitness is refused by the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána concerned or the Minister for Justice and Equality and the individual appeals the refusal in accordance with subsection (3) of section 13, on—

(i) the affirmation by the District Court of the refusal in accordance with that section, or

(ii) the expiration of the period of 7 days after the issue of a new certificate of personal fitness pursuant to a direction of the District Court under paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of that section.”.