(1)In connection with any application for the grant or renewal of a licence under this Act the applicant may request the licensing authority to give a direction under this section.
(2)Where such a request is made, and the licensing authority grant or renew the licence, and, on doing so, give a direction under this section specifying a maximum number of machines, then, in relation to any time when the number of machines to which this Part of this Act applies which are available for gaming on the premises does not exceed the number so specified.—
(a)the provisions of subsections (2) to (7) of section 31 of this Act shall not have effect in relation to the premises to which the licence relates, but
(b)the provisions of section 34 of this Act shall have effect in relation to those premises.