Gaming Act 1968

2(1)Any provision of Schedule 2 to this Act containing a reference to the licensing authority, the clerk to the licensing authority and a newspaper circulating in the authority's area shall, when applied by any provision of this Schedule, be construed respectively as a reference to the sheriff, the sheriff clerk and a newspaper circulating within the jurisdiction of the sheriff.

(2)In this Schedule—

  • " the appropriate chief constable " means the chief constable for the police area in which the relevant premises are situated ;

  • " the appropriate collector of duty " means the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the relevant premises are situated ;

  • " the relevant premises ", in relation to registration under Part II of this Act or to an application relating to such registration, means the premises in respect of which a club or institute is for the time being registered under that Part or the premises to which the application relates, as the case may be.