The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

Club gaming and machine permits issued before 1st September 2007

37.—(1) Where a club gaming or club machine permit is issued before 1st September 2007, paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 12 to the 2005 Act (which makes club gaming and machine permits subject to an annual fee) is to have effect in relation to the permit as if it provided for the holder to pay—

(a) a first annual fee to the issuing licensing authority within the relevant period after 1st September 2007, and

(b) an annual fee to the issuing licensing authority before 1st September in each year following 2007.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the relevant period is a period equal in length to the period prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 14(1)(a) of Schedule 12 to the 2005 Act (as that provision has effect in relation to permits issued on or after 1st September 2007).

(3) Where a club gaming or club machine permit is issued before 1st September 2007, paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 12 to the 2005 Act (which provides for the duration of club gaming and machine permits) is to have effect in relation to the permit as if it provided for the permit to cease to have effect at the end of the period of ten years beginning on that date unless—

(a) it ceases to have effect before that time in accordance with a provision of that Schedule, or

(b) it is renewed in accordance with paragraph 24 of that Schedule.