7An application for a gaming licence or a gaming machine licence in respect of any premises shall be made to the Commissioners not later than fourteen days before—
(a)1st October 1966 ; or
(b)in the case of a gaming licence, the first day after 1st October 1966 on which the premises are to be used for gaming by way of bingo or of any other game to which section 13 of this Act for the time being applies ; or
(c)in the case of a gaming machine licence, the first day after 1st October 1966 on which a gaming machine to which the licence is applicable is to be brought onto those premises.