Operating licences issued before 1st September 2007
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35.—(1) Where an operating licence is issued before 1st September 2007, section 100(1) of the 2005 Act (which makes operating licences subject to an annual fee) is to have effect in relation to the licence as if it provided for the holder to pay—
(a)a first annual fee to the Gambling Commission within the relevant period after 1st September 2007, and
(b)an annual fee to the Commission before 1st September in each year following 2007.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the relevant period is a period equal in length to the period prescribed for the purposes of section 100(1)(a) of the 2005 Act (as that provision has effect in relation to operating licences issued on or after 1st September 2007).