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Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
13th December 2007
Laid before Parliament
17th December 2007
Coming into force
7th January 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 200(4) of the Gambling Act 2005(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Premises Licences) (Review) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 7th January 2008.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England and Wales.
2.—(1) The Gambling Act 2005 (Premises Licences) (Review) Regulations 2007(2) shall be amended as follows.
(2) The following provisions are omitted—
(a)paragraph (3) of regulation 8,
(b)regulation 10, and
(c)in the heading to Schedule 4, the words “and responsible authorities”.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
13th December 2007
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend The Gambling Act 2005 (Premises Licences) (Review) Regulations 2007 (referred to in this note as “the Principal Regulations”).
The Principal Regulations require licensing authorities to give notice of their intention to conduct a premises licence review (“a review”) to responsible authorities, and make provision where an authority fails to give proper notice of such a review. However, section 200(3)(a) of the Gambling Act 2005 only requires licensing authorities to give notice of their intention to conduct a review to the premises licence holder; it does not require such notice to be given to responsible authorities.
These Regulations remove the requirement for licensing authorities to notify responsible authorities of their intention to hold a review, and the related provisions relating to failure to give proper notice. The Regulations also make a consequential change to the heading to Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations (in which the prescribed form of the notice is set out).