Part 5Operating Licences

Introductory

68Combined licence

1

An operating licence may be a licence of more than one of the kinds described in section 65(2).

2

Subsection (1) is subject to the following provisions of this section.

3

A casino operating licence authorises the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to provide facilities—

a

for betting on the outcome of a virtual game, race, competition or other event or process, subject to any exclusion or restriction provided for by way of condition under section 75 or 77;

b

for any game of chance other than bingo (and this paragraph does not prevent the combination of a casino operating licence and a bingo operating licence in reliance on subsection (1)).

4

A general betting operating licence authorises the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to provide facilities for betting on the outcome of a virtual race, competition or other event or process other than a game of chance, subject to any exclusion or restriction provided for by way of condition under section 75 or 77.

5

The following kinds of operating licence authorise the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to make one or more gaming machines within Categories A to D available for use (in addition to authorising the activities specified in accordance with section 65(2))—

a

a non-remote casino operating licence,

b

a non-remote bingo operating licence,

c

a non-remote general betting operating licence, and

d

a non-remote pool betting operating licence.

6

No other kind of operating licence (other than a gaming machine general operating licence) may authorise the holder to make a gaming machine available for use.