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1853 (hereinafter referred to as "registered common lodging-house
keepers,") requiring him to make application in writing to the Council
within one month after receipt of such notice, or within such further period
as the Council may prescribe for a licence to keep a common lodging-house
in the County, and to receive lodgers therein, and such application shall
specify the premises in respect of which application is made for such
licence, and the number of lodgers proposed to be received therein; such
notice shall be given by leaving the same for each registered common
lodging-house keeper at his lodging-house, and may be in the form set
out in the schedule to this Act, or to the like effect.
47.—The Council shall, as soon as practicable, after any such application
shall have been made to them make or cause to be made all necessary
and proper inspections and enquiries, both as to whether the person
so applying is a fit and proper person to have the control and management
of a common lodging-house, and as to whether the premises
in respect of which application is made for a licence are structurally
and otherwise suitable for use and occupation as a common lodginghouse
having regard to the number, health, safety, and convenience of
persons occupying or intended to occupy the same.
48.—If in the opinion of the Council the person applying for a licence is a
fit and proper person to have control and management of a common
lodging-house and the premises in respect of which the application is
made are suitable for a common lodging-house, the Council may grant to
such person a licence to use the premises specified in his application for
the purpose of a common lodging-house and to receive lodgers therein, and
such licence shall specify the maximum number of persons who may at
any one time occupy such premises.
49.—Such licence shall be valid for the period of one year from the date
thereof, but after the expiration of the said period the same shall be of no
force or effect. The person named in any such licence (hereinafter
referred to as "a licensed lodging-house keeper,") may, at or before the
expiration of the said period, make application to the Council to renew
his licence in respect of the same premises, and if the Council shall think
fit they may renew such licence accordingly for a further period of one
year from the expiration of any licence, and so from time to time.
50.—(1) The Council shall not refuse to grant or renew a licence under this
part of the Act, except upon the ground:
(a) That the person applying to be licensed is not a fit and
proper person to be licensed as a common lodging-house
keeper, or
(b) That the premises are not suitable or suitably equipped for
the purposes of a common lodging-house.
(2) If the Council refuse to grant a licence under this part of this
Act they shall, if required by the applicant, deliver to him a
statement in writing of the ground or grounds upon which such
licence is refused.
(3) If the licence or renewal of licence be refused, any person
aggrieved by such refusal may appeal to a metropolitan police