Finance Act 1997

Notification of premises

6(1)This paragraph has effect for determining the premises to be specified in a registered person’s entry on the register.

(2)A person who makes an application under paragraph 3(1) above shall, on making that application, notify the Commissioners of all the premises which—

(a)are notifiable by him, or

(b)in a case where his application is made under paragraph 3(1)(b), will become notifiable by him if the expected gaming takes place;

and the Commissioners shall, on registering him on the register, cause those premises to be specified in his entry on the register.

(3)Where any premises not currently notified by a registered person become notifiable by him—

(a)he shall notify the Commissioners of those premises, and

(b)the Commissioners shall cause those premises to be specified in his entry on the register.

(4)Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, where any premises currently notified by a registered person cease to be notifiable by him—

(a)he shall notify the Commissioners of that fact, and

(b)they shall cause those premises to be no longer specified in his entry on the register.

(5)A registered person is not required to notify the Commissioners as mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) above in a case where—

(a)he gives notice to the Commissioners under paragraph 4(2) above; or

(b)the premises ceasing to be notifiable by him so cease in accordance with a notification previously given by him to the Commissioners under sub-paragraph (6) below.

(6)Where—

(a)any premises are currently notified by a registered person, and

(b)he notifies the Commissioners of the date on which those premises will cease to be notifiable by him,

the Commissioners shall ensure that those premises cease, with effect from that date, to be specified in his entry on the register.

(7)Subject to sub-paragraph (8) below, where—

(a)any premises are currently notified by a registered person,

(b)that person has been added to the register on an application made under paragraph 3(1)(b) above,

(c)any of the dutiable gaming which he expected to take place has not taken place,

(d)he no longer expects that gaming to take place, and

(e)in consequence of events turning out as mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) above, those premises have not and will not become notifiable by him,

he shall notify the Commissioners accordingly and they shall cause those premises to be no longer specified in his entry on the register.

(8)A registered person is not required to notify the Commissioners as mentioned in sub-paragraph (7) above in a case where he gives notice to the Commissioners under paragraph 4(4) above.

(9)For the purposes of this paragraph premises are currently notified by any person at any time if at that time they are specified in his entry on the register.

(10)For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a person who is not a body corporate, or who is a body corporate that is not a member of any group—

(a)premises in respect of which a licence under the [1968 c. 65.] Gaming Act 1968 is for the time being in force are notifiable by him if and for so long as—

(i)he is the holder of the licence, and

(ii)dutiable gaming takes place on those premises;

(b)unlicensed premises of which he is a provider are notifiable by him if and for so long as dutiable gaming takes place on those premises; and

(c)any unlicensed premises of which he is not a provider are notifiable by him if and for so long as—

(i)dutiable gaming takes place on those premises, and

(ii)he is concerned in the organisation or management of that gaming.

(11)For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a body corporate which is the representative member of a group—

(a)premises in respect of which a licence under the Gaming Act 1968 is for the time being in force are notifiable by the representative member if and for so long as—

(i)it, or another body corporate which is a member of that group, is the holder of the licence, and

(ii)dutiable gaming takes place on those premises;

(b)unlicensed premises of which the representative member or any such other body corporate is a provider are notifiable by the representative member if and for so long as dutiable gaming takes place on those premises; and

(c)unlicensed premises which are not notifiable by the representative member by virtue of paragraph (b) above are notifiable by it if and for so long as—

(i)dutiable gaming takes place on those premises, and

(ii)it or any such other body corporate is concerned in the organisation or management of that gaming.