The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

Gaming Act 1968: restrictions on applications for a certificate of approval under section 19

7.—(1) The Gambling Commission may issue a certificate under section 19 of the 1968 Act only where the application is made before 1st June 2007.

(2) Where—

(a) a notice is issued under subsection (3) of section 19 of the 1968 Act before 1st June 2007, but

(b) no application for a certificate under subsection (4) of that section is made before that date,

the notice is to cease to have effect on that date.

(3) Where such a notice is issued on or after 1st June 2007, subsection (4) of section 19 of the 1968 Act is to have effect in relation to the notice as if—

(a) it required the person on whom it is served, before the end of such period (not being less than 21 days from the date of service of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, to obtain a personal licence under the 2005 Act whose effect would be to authorise the performance of the functions to which the notice relates; and

(b) it prohibited that person from performing those functions once that period has expired unless—

(i) such a personal licence has been granted to him by the Gambling Commission and has effect for the time being for the purposes of that subsection, or

(ii) he is applying for such a personal licence and that application has not been finally determined or withdrawn.