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A Club wishing to obtain a registration certificate which is for an
initial period of 12 months with renewal thereafter must apply to a
Magistrates' Court and notification must also be made to the Police and
the local authority.
Statutory grounds are laid down on which objection to an application
may be lodged by the Police or the local authority.
Similar legislation is contained in the Act in relation to objections
to applications made to the Licensing Justices for On-licences, in respect
of the supply of intoxicating liquor to Clubs, restaurants, private hotels,
and guest houses, etc.
My last Annual Report gave details of applications for Club
Registration Certificates and Justices' Licences respectively which had
been made to the Magistrates' Courts and the Licensing Justices in 1962
and which stood adjourned, or had not then been heard at the end of
the year.
Five applications for Club Registration Certificates to which the
Council had lodged objections were outstanding at the end of 1962. At
the hearing of these applications, two were refused, one was withdrawn,
one was adjourned sine die. In the remaining case a Certificate of
Registration was granted for the period of one year following the completion
of works. Total costs awarded to the Council were £51 10s. 0d.
Three applications to the Licensing Justices for Justices On-licences
were similarly outstanding at the end of 1962. These were ultimately
resolved—two being granted, subject to the completion of certain works,
the remaining application being withdrawn.
Two appeals against the Magistrates' refusal to grant Certificates of
Regist ration in respect of premises to which the City Council had previously
lodged an objection, were pending at the end of 1962. In one case the
appeal was abandoned, and in the other case it was dismissed.
During 1963 only one objection was lodged in respect of an application
for a Club Registration Certificate. This was on the grounds that the
first-floor room it was proposed to use as club premises was unoccupied
and was not adapted for the purposes of a club. Information was
subsequently received that the owner of the property had, on further
consideration, decided not to agree to lease the accommodation for club
premises and the application was withdrawn by the applicant.
Three objections were raised to applications made to the Licensing
Justices for On-licences. All were in respect of club premises. In two
of these the applications were granted, subject to the completion of
certain works to satisfy the Council's requirements, and in the remaining
case the application was withdrawn. In this latter case, following
completion of work to satisfy the Council's objection, a successful application
Was made by the Club concerned for a Club Registration Certificate.