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Version date: 15 April 2015 - onwards
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23. Revocation of licences by District Court

The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 16:

"16.

(1) The Minister for Justice and Equality may apply to the District Court for an order under this section if -

(a) the holder of a licence under this Act is convicted of an offence referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 6,

(b) the holder of a licence under this Act is an individual and he has ceased to be the holder of a certificate of personal fitness that he is a fit and proper person to hold the licence concerned, by reason of the revocation of such a certificate in accordance with section 5C,

(c) in a case where the holder of a licence under this Act is a body corporate -

(i) a relevant officer of the body corporate is not the holder of a certificate of personal fitness that he is a fit and proper person to be a relevant officer of a body corporate that holds the licence concerned, by reason of his failing to make, or the refusal of, an application for such a certificate in accordance with section 7, 7B or 7C, or

(ii) a relevant officer of the body corporate has ceased to be the holder of a certificate of personal fitness that he is a fit and proper person to be a relevant officer of a body corporate that holds the licence concerned, by reason of the revocation of such a certificate in accordance with section 5C.

(2) The Minister for Justice and Equality may apply to the District Court for an order under this section if he believes that -