7(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a 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.
(2)Where a licence would otherwise, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(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 day, but in no case earlier than the day following that date.
[F1(3)A gaming machine licence shall expire at the end of the period for which it is granted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Para. 7(3) substituted by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 12:2), s. 7(1)(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 7(3)