Gambling Act 2005
The Gambling Act
2005 ("the Act") replaced most of the existing law about
gambling in Great Britain and put in place an improved, more
comprehensive structure of gambling regulation.
The Act introduced a unified regulator
for gambling in Great Britain, the Gambling Commission,
and a new licensing regime for commercial gambling (to be
conducted by the Commission or by Licensing Authorities,
depending on the matter to be licensed).
The Act removed from licensing
justices all responsibility for granting gaming and betting
permissions, which they had exercised previously. Instead,
the Gambling Commission
and ourselves share between us responsibility for all
those matters previously regulated by the licensing
justices.
Premise
and Permit Licence holders, ourselves and other
agencies must all work to promote the three Gambling Licensing
objectives which are:
- Preventing gambling from being a
source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or
disorder or being used to support crime;
- Ensuring that gambling is conducted
in a fair and open way; and,
- Protecting children and other
vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling
Under the provisions of the
Act we are required to produce a Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy which
sets out how we intend to administer the Act.
We undertake various regulatory functions in relation to
a number of gambling activities and we are responsible for:
- The issuing of Premise Licences for the provision of gambling
activities;
- The issuing of Permits for Unlicensed Family Entertainment
Centres, Club Gaming, Club Machines, Licensed Premises Gaming
Machines and Prize Gaming;
- The issuing of Provisional Statements;
- The receiving and endorsing of Temporary Use
Notices;
- The receiving of Occasional Use Notices; and,
- The registering of Small
Lotteries
The Department of Culture, Media and
Sport (DCMS)
have prepared a leaflet
to help you understand the Act and the role that we, as
Licensing Authority, have in determining and regulating the
gambling industry in our local area.
Further information
Last Updated on 4/26/2013