The Gaming Clubs (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1513

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Clubs (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made

7th June 2003

Laid before Parliament

10th June 2003

Coming into force

1st July 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 22(3) and 51 of the Gaming Act 1968(1), and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st July 2003.

(2) In these Regulations:

(a) “the 1969 Regulations” means the Gaming Clubs (Licensing) Regulations 1969(2);

(b) “the Act” means the Gaming Act 1968;

(c) these Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment to Schedule 2 to the 1969 Regulations

2.  For Schedule 2 to the 1969 Regulations, there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment to Schedule 3 to the 1969 Regulations

3.  For Schedule 3 to the 1969 Regulations, there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

7th June 2003

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1969 REGULATIONS

Regulation 7(1)

“SCHEDULE 2

Application for grant of a licence under the Gaming Act 1968

Application for the renewal of a licence under the Gaming Act 1968

Application for the transfer of a licence under the Gaming Act 1968

Application for cancellation of a licence under the Gaming Act 1968

”

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE 1969 REGULATIONS

Regulation 7(2)

“SCHEDULE 3

Licence under the Gaming Act 1968

”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the forms at Schedules 2 and 3 of the Gaming Clubs (Licensing) Regulations 1969 (“the 1969 Regulations”) as a consequence of the Deregulation (Bingo and Other Gaming) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/460) (“the Deregulation Order”) and the Gaming Clubs (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1910) (“the Gaming Clubs Amendment Regulations”).

Paragraph 3 of the Deregulation Order amended section 32 of the Gaming Act 1968 (“the 1968 Act”), to allow a licensing authority to direct that jackpot gaming machines may be available on bingo club premises in addition to “amusements with prizes” gaming machines.

The Gaming Clubs Amendment Regulations revoked Regulation 6 of the 1969 Regulations to remove the requirement that licensing authorities must impose a restriction on premises licensed for gaming (other than bingo, bridge or whist), which prohibits the premises from being used for dancing or live music and entertainment.

These Regulations revise the forms to be used when applying for the grant or renewal of a licence under the Gaming Act 1968, and update the form of the licence, to take account of these changes.

(1)

1968 c. 65.

(2)

S.I. 1969/1110.