Gambling Act 2005

101 Change of circumstance

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring the holder of an operating licence—

(a) to notify the Commission of any change of circumstance of a prescribed kind in relation to him or to a licensed activity, and

(b) to give the Commission prescribed details of the change.

(2) If a change of circumstance notified under subsection (1) falsifies information contained in the operating licence in accordance with section 66 the notification must be accompanied by—

(a) the prescribed fee, and

(b) either—

(i) the licence, or

(ii) an application to the Commission for the issue of a copy of the licence under section 107.

(3) Where notification is accompanied by the licence, the Commission shall—

(a) make such alteration to the information contained in the licence as appears to it to be required by the change in circumstance, and

(b) return the licence to the licensee.

(4) Where the notification is accompanied by an application for a copy of the licence, the Commission shall, if it grants the application, issue the copy in a form which appears to the Commission to reflect the change in circumstance.

(5) In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section.

(6) The holder of an operating licence commits an offence if he fails without reasonable excuse to comply with regulations under this section.

(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(8) This section does not prevent the imposition of a requirement to notify the Commission of a specified change of circumstance by way of the attachment of a condition to an operating licence.