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Granting of licences to passage brokers.
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343.—(1) Application for a licence to act as passage broker shall be made to the licensing authority for the place in which the applicant has his place of business.
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(2) The licensing authority, upon the applicant proving to their satisfaction that he—
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(a) has entered into and deposited one part of such bond as is required by this Act; and
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(b) has given to the Board of Trade at least fourteen days clear notice of his intention to apply for a licence,
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may grant the licence, and shall forthwith send to the Board of Trade notice of such grant.
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(3) The licensing authority shall be—
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(a) in the administrative county of London the justices of the peace at petty sessions;
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(b) elsewhere in England, the council of a county borough or county district;
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(c) in Scotland, the sheriff; and
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(d) in Ireland, the justices in petty sessions.
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