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Finance Act 1997

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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.

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