The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 4:

"4.

(1) Upon compliance with subsection (3), an individual who ordinarily resides in the State may apply for a certificate (in this Act referred to as a 'certificate of personal fitness') that he is a fit and proper person to hold a bookmaker's licence -

(a) to the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district in which he ordinarily resides, or

(b) in a case where the individual carries on or proposes to carry on the business of bookmaker from a particular premises, to the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district in which the premises is located or is proposed to be located.

(2) Upon compliance with subsection (3), an individual who ordinarily resides in the State may apply for a certificate (in this Act referred to as a 'certificate of personal fitness') that he is a fit and proper person to be a relevant officer of a body corporate that holds a bookmaker's licence -

(a) to the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district in which the body corporate is ordinarily resident, or

(b) in a case where the body corporate carries on or proposes to carry on the business of bookmaker from a particular premises, to the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the district in which the premises is located or is proposed to be located.