Interpretation
2. In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;
“the 1963 Act” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963(1);
“alcohol” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005(2);
“ATM” means a credit machine located on the premises which satisfies the requirements of section 177(3) of the Act;
“betting machine” means a wholly automated machine designed or adapted only for use to bet on future real events and includes–
a machine that enables the customer to access an account on an internet website by means of which that person is able to place a bet on and receive winnings; and
a machine which accepts bets made by the customer and issues a record of the betting transaction which enables the customer to claim winnings from a manned counter on the betting premises, or from the machine;
“betting operator” means a person who in the course of the business of a betting operating licence holder accepts or negotiates bets;
“betting operator’s assistant” means a person who carries out any other functions in the course of the business of a betting operating licence holder in connection with the licensed activities;
“converted casino premises licence” means a premises licence issued in respect of a casino in accordance with transitional provisions made under paragraph 9 of Schedule 18 to the Act;
“gambling area”, in relation to a casino premises licence, means those areas of the casino that are indicated on the plan as being the table gaming area, and any other area in which facilities for gambling may be provided;
“non-gambling area” means those areas of the casino that are available to customers and are indicated on the plan as being areas other than gambling areas;
“ordinary gaming table” means a gaming table that is not a partially or wholly automated gaming table;
“partially automated gaming table” means equipment that would fall within the definition of gaming machine in section 235 of the Act but for its exclusion from that definition by subsection (2)(h) of that section;
“the plan”, in relation to a premises licence, means the plan of the premises that forms part of the licence by virtue of section 151(1)(g) of the Act;
“street” includes any bridge, road, lane, footway, subway, square, court, alley or passage (including passages through enclosed premises such as shopping malls), whether a thoroughfare or not;
“table gaming” means–
casino games played on ordinary gaming tables, or partially or wholly automated gaming tables; and
real games of equal chance, other than bingo, played on a table;
“table gaming area”, in relation to a casino premises licence, means the area indicated on the plan as being for table gaming;
“track premises licence” means a betting premises licence in respect of a track; and
“wholly automated gaming table” means equipment that would fall within the definition of gaming machine in section 235 of the Act but for its exclusion from that definition by subsection (2)(i) of that section.