Gambling Act 2005

96 Gaming machine technical operating licence: standards E+W+S

(1) The Commission may establish, or provide for the establishment of, standards in respect of the manufacture, supply, installation, adaptation, maintenance or repair of gaming machines or parts of gaming machines.

(2) Standards under subsection (1)—

(a) may operate by reference to regulations under Part 10, and

(b) may not make provision which is inconsistent with a provision of regulations under Part 10.

(3) Standards under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision (which may include provision designed to discourage repetitive play or to protect children or other vulnerable persons from harm) about—

(a) the nature of a game that a machine is designed to be used to play;

(b) the way in which the results of a game are to be determined or presented;

(c) the nature of images or information displayed by or on a machine.

(4) In particular, the Commission may—

(a) provide for the enforcement of standards by the attachment of conditions under section 75 or 77;

(b) make arrangements with any person for the establishment of standards;

(c) make arrangements with any person for the administration of tests of compliance with standards;

(d) for the purpose of considering whether a condition under section 75 or 77 has been complied with, require the holder of a gaming machine technical operating licence—

(i) to submit to a test in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph (c) above, and

(ii) to produce specified evidence of the result of the test;

(e) for the purpose of considering whether to grant an application under this Part, require the holder of or an applicant for a gaming machine technical operating licence—

(i) to submit to a test in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph (c) above, and

(ii) to produce specified evidence of the result of the test.

(5) Standards established under subsection (1) may, in particular, be expressed—

(a) by reference to the opinion of a specified person or class of persons;

(b) by reference to a specified process or class of machine.

(6) This section is without prejudice to the generality of sections 75, 77 and 78.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 5 modified (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 72

C2 Pt. 5 modified (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 50

C3 Ss. 89-99 excluded (1.1.2007) by Gambling (Personal Licences) (Modification of Part 5 of the Gambling Act 2005) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3267), regs. 1(1), 2(1), Sch. Table 1

Commencement Information

I1 S. 96 in force at 1.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4)