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Statutory Instruments
betting, gaming and lotteries, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
26th June 2007
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2007
Coming into force
1st August 2007
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 282(2)(b) of the Gambling Act 2005(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Machines in Alcohol Licensed Premises (Notification Fee) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.
(2) These Regulations apply to England and Wales.
2. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005.
3. For the purposes of section 282(2)(b) of the Act, the fee to be sent with written notice of intention to make gaming machines(2) available for use in reliance on section 282(1) of the Act is £50.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
26th June 2007
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 282 of the Gambling Act 2005 (‘the Act’) authorises up to two Category C or D gaming machines to be made available on premises with an on-premises alcohol licence (a premises licence under Part 3 of the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), which authorises the supply of alcohol for consumption on the licensed premises). It does this by exempting such premises from the offence of using premises, or causing or permitting premises to be used for specified kinds of gambling (section 37 of the Act), and the offence of making a gaming machine available for use (section 242 of the Act). These exemptions only apply if the person who holds the on-premises alcohol licence has notified the licensing authority of his intention to make gaming machines available, and has paid a prescribed fee; regulation 3 prescribes this fee.
A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of these Regulations is available from the Gaming and Lotteries Team, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, telephone 020 7211 6486.