Gambling Act 2005

New legislation controlling future gambling

The Gambling Act 2005 received Royal Assent on the 7th April 2005 and intends to comprehensively modernise the law on gambling and introduces a powerful regulator for gambling, the Gambling Commission which will come out of the existing Gaming Board for Great Britain. The Act also gives responsibility for the licensing of gambling premises to Local Authorities.

Copies of the Gambling Act can be obtained from the Her Majesty's Stationery Office website and from Stationery Office bookshops.

You can visit the web site of the Gambling Commission at http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk for further information.

Three licences

The new Act requires three types of licence:

• An Operator licence concerned with the management and conduct of gambling.
• A personal licence for persons with key operational functions connected with the gambling business.
• A Premises licence for the property where the gambling takes place.

Operators licences and personal licences will be issued and regulated by the Gambling commission whilst local authorities will be responsible for the issue and regulation of premises licences.

Gambling Act Fees

A copy of the document showing the different application fees set by this Authority under the Gambling Act can be downloaded here (pdf document size 98KB).

Licensing Newsletter

You can download a copy of our Licensing Newsletter (pdf file size 101 KB) which contains information on implementing the (almost) first year of the Licensing Act and concerning the Gambling Act

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