The Gambling Act 2005 (Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Commencement, citation and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply to England and Wales.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1968 Act” means the Gaming Act 1968(1);

“application” means an application for a licensed premises gaming machine permit(2) under paragraph 1(1);

“existing operator” means a person who makes an application and—

(a)

on the date on which he makes the application, holds a permit issued under section 34 of the 1968 Act by the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the 1968 Act (a “section 34 permit”);

(b)

that section 34 permit—

(i)

authorises him to make available a number of gaming machines, being a number which is greater than two, and

(ii)

is due to expire in accordance with paragraph 24(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Order on a date on or after 1st September 2007;

(c)

the application for the permit is made before the date on which the section 34 permit is due to expire in accordance with paragraph 24(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Order; and

(d)

the application relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the section 34 permit relates;

“the Order” means the Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006(3); and

“permit” means a licensed premises gaming machine permit, unless the contrary is indicated.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Schedule 13 to the Gambling Act 2005 so numbered.

Application fees

3.  For the purposes of paragraph 2(e)—

(a) subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the fee to accompany an application for a permit under paragraph 1(1) is—

(i) £100, if it is made by an existing operator, and

(ii) £150 in all other cases;

(b) the fee to accompany an application to vary a permit under paragraph 15(1) is £100;

(c) the fee to accompany an application to transfer a permit under paragraph 19(1) is £25.

Form of Permit

4.  A permit must be in the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Annual Fees

5.  The first annual fee for a permit payable to the issuing licensing authority(4) under paragraph 9(1)(a) is £50.

6.  The annual fee for a permit payable to the issuing licensing authority under paragraph 9(1)(b) is £50.

Date by which first annual fee is payable

7.—(1) Where a permit comes into effect on the issue date, the first annual fee for the permit shall be paid within 30 days after that date.

(2) Where a permit specifies that it is to come into effect on a date after the issue date, the first annual fee for the permit shall be paid within—

(a) the relevant period, or

(b) 12 months,

after the issue date, whichever is sooner.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a permit issued before 1st September 2007.

(4) In this regulation—

“the effective date”, in relation to a permit which specifies that it is to come into effect on a date after the issue date, means the date so specified,

“the issue date” means the date on which a permit is issued, and

“the relevant period”, in relation to a permit, means the period which is equal to the sum of—

(a)

the period between the issue date and the effective date, and

(b)

30 days.

Other fees

8.  For the purposes of paragraph 7(2)(a)(i), the fee to be sent with a request that a new name be substituted for the old name specified on a permit is £25.

9.  For the purposes of paragraph 11(2), the fee to accompany an application for a copy of a permit is £15.

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

26th June 2007