Finance Act 1997

Registration

3 (1) The Commissioners shall, on receipt of a valid application made by—

(a) a registrable person, or

(b) a person who expects dutiable gaming to take place and to become a registrable person if it does,

add that person to the register.

(2) The following provisions of this paragraph have effect for the interpretation of sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3) A valid application is one which is made in such form and manner, and is accompanied by such information, as the Commissioners may require.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below—

(a) the holder of a licence under the [1968 c. 65.] Gaming Act 1968 is a registrable person if and for so long as dutiable gaming takes place on the premises in respect of which the licence is for the time being in force;

(b) a provider of unlicensed premises is a registrable person if and for so long as dutiable gaming takes place on those premises;

(c) a person is a registrable person if and for so long as he is concerned in the organisation or management of dutiable gaming that takes place on unlicensed premises.

(5) A body corporate cannot be a registrable person if it—

(a) is a member of a group, but

(b) is not the representative member of that group.

(6) A body corporate which—

(a) is the representative member of a group, and

(b) is not a registrable person in its own right,

is a registrable person if another body corporate which is a member of that group would be a registrable person but for sub-paragraph (5) above.