1(1)An application for a gaming licence shall, subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (6) below, be made to the Commissioners not later than fourteen days before the date on which the licence is to be in force.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) below, a gaming licence shall be expressed to take effect—
(a)on the first day of the period for which it is granted, or
(b)on the fourteenth day after the date of the application, whichever is the later.
(3)Where a gaming licence would otherwise, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b) above, be expressed to take effect on the fourteenth day after the date of the application, it may, if the Commissioners think fit, be expressed to take effect earlier than that date, but in no case earlier than the day following that date.
(4)A gaming licence shall expire—
(a)at the end of 31st March or, as the case may be, 30th September next after the date on which it is expressed to take effect, or
(b)if the holder ceases to be a provider of the premises.
(5)Where a licence in respect of any premises expires by virtue of sub-paragraph (4)(b) above, another gaming licence may be granted in respect of the premises, and any such licence—
(a)shall be expressed to take effect on the day following that on which the previous licence expired ; and
(b)subject to that sub-paragraph, shall expire when the previous licence would have expired apart from the provisions of this paragraph.
(6)The Commissioners may allow an application for a licence under sub-paragraph (5) above to be made later than required by sub-paragraph (1) above.