Gambling Act Occasional Use Notice
The intention behind Occasional Use
Notices is to permit licensed betting operators (with the
appropriate permission from the
Gambling Commission)
to use tracks for short periods for conducting betting, where the
event upon which the betting is to take place is of a temporary,
infrequent nature. Therefore the Occasional Use Notice dispenses
with the need for a betting
Premises Licence for the track in these
circumstances.
These Notices can only be utilised for 8 days or less in a
calendar year.
A notice must be served by a person who is responsible for the
administration of events on the track or by an occupier of the
track. The Notice must be served on us and copied to the chief
officer of police for the area in which the track is located. The
Notice must specify the day on which it has effect. Notices may be
given in relation to consecutive days, so long as the overall limit
of eight days is not exceeded in the calendar year.
Provided that the Notice will not
result in betting facilities being available for more than eight
days in a calendar year, there is no provision for counter-notices
or objections to be submitted.
The
Gambling Act
2005 does not prescribe an application form for this
function, however applicants may wish to utilise our
template.
There is no fee for this function.
Last Updated on 9/27/2011