The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 13:

"13.

(1) If the Minister for Justice and Equality or a Superintendent of the Garda Síochána refuses an application for a certificate of personal fitness, that Minister of the Government or the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána, as the case may be, shall, on the request in writing of the applicant for the certificate made not later than 14 days after the refusal, give the applicant a statement in writing of the reasons for the refusal.

(2) If a Superintendent of the Garda Síochána refuses an application for a certificate of suitability of premises, he shall, on the request in writing of the applicant for the certificate made not later than 14 days after the refusal, give the applicant a statement in writing of the reasons for the refusal.

(3) A person to whom a certificate of personal fitness or a certificate of suitability of premises has been refused may, not later than 14 days after receiving a statement in writing under subsection (1) or (2), appeal the refusal to the District Court.

(4) A person who brings an appeal under this section shall, in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed -

(a) give notice of the appeal to the Revenue Commissioners, and

(b) give such notice -

(i) in the case of a refusal referred to in subsection (1), to the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána concerned, as the case may be, and