The Gambling (Licence Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2012/1851 |
2012 No. 1851
Betting, Gaming And Lotteries
The Gambling (Licence Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012
Made 13th July 2012
Laid before Parliament 16th July 2012
Coming into force 1st September 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(2)(g) and (5), 100(2) and (3), 104(3) and (4), 128, 132(2) and (3) and 355(1) of the Gambling Act 20051:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling (Licence Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st September 2012.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Operating Licence Fees Regulations” means the Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) Regulations 20062, and
“the Personal Licence Fees Regulations” means the Gambling (Personal Licence Fees) Regulations 20063.
Amendment to the Personal Licence Fees Regulations 2006
3. In paragraph (3)(b) of regulation 4 of the Personal Licence Fees Regulations (maintenance fees for personal licences), for “£185” substitute “£145”.
Amendments to regulation 13A of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations
4. In regulation 13A (fees for general betting (standard)(remote platform) operating licences) of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “Except where paragraph (3) applies” substitute “Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3)”,
(b) for paragraph (2) substitute—
“2 Where a person applies for a general betting (standard)(remote platform) operating licence and holds or is also applying for—
(a) a remote general betting (limited) operating licence,
(b) a non-remote general betting (standard) operating licence, or
(c) a non-remote general betting (limited) operating licence,
there is no application fee for that general betting (standard)(remote platform) operating licence.”, and
(c) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“3 At any time when a person who holds a general betting (standard)(remote platform) operating licence also holds—
(a) a remote general betting (limited) operating licence,
(b) a non-remote general betting (standard) operating licence, or
(c) a non-remote general betting (limited) operating licence,
there is no first annual fee and no annual fee for that general betting (standard)(remote platform) operating licence.”.
Amendment to regulation 15(3) of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations
5. In paragraph (3) of regulation 15 of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations (interpretation of Part 4), for “to which regulation 13A(3) applies” substitute “for which there is no application fee by virtue of paragraph (2) or, as the case may be, no first annual fee or no annual fee by virtue of paragraph (3) of regulation 13A”.
Amendments to regulation 20A of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations
6. In column A of Table 2 in regulation 20A of the Operating Licence Fees Regulations (reduced fee for applications for licences in certain circumstances)—
(a) for “A partner in a partnership” substitute “Partnership”,
(b) for “A member of a Limited Liability Partnership” substitute “Limited Liability Partnership”, and
(c) for “A shareholder and director of a company limited by...
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