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Licensing Act 2003

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Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65)

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49(1)Section 6 (playing games on premises used for sale of alcohol) is amended as follows.

(2)For subsection (2) substitute—

(2)This section applies to any premises in England and Wales in respect of which there is in force a premises licence authorising the supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises.

(2A)This section also applies to any premises in Scotland in respect of which a hotel licence or public house licence under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 is in force.

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)of the holder of the licence which has effect in respect of any premises to which this section applies,, and

(b)for “the licensing justices for the licensing district, or, in Scotland, the licensing board for the licensing area, in which the premises are situated” substitute “the relevant licensing authority, or, in Scotland, the licensing board for the licensing area in which the premises are situated,”.

(4)In subsection (4)—

(a)for “the licensing justices for the licensing district, or, in Scotland, the licensing board for the licensing area, in which the premises are situated” substitute “the relevant licensing authority, or, in Scotland, the licensing board for the licensing area in which the premises are situated,”, and

(b)for “the justices” substitute “the authority”.

(5)In subsection (5), for “licensing justices or a licensing board, the justices or board” substitute “a licensing authority or a licensing board, the authority or board”.

(6)In subsection (6) —

(a)for “the licensing justices or” substitute “the relevant licensing authority or the”,

(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)to the holder of the licence,, and

(c)for “the police area” substitute “each police area”.

(7)After subsection (7) insert—

(7A)A function conferred by this section on a licensing authority is, for the purposes of section 7 of the Licensing Act 2003 (exercise and delegation by licensing authority of licensing functions), to be treated as a licensing function within the meaning of that Act.

(8)For subsection (8) substitute—

(8)In this section—

  • “licensing area” has the same meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976,

  • “licensing authority” and “premises licence” have the same meaning as in the Licensing Act 2003,

  • “relevant licensing authority”, in relation to premises in respect of which a premises licence has effect, means the authority determined in relation to those premises in accordance with section 12 of that Act, and

  • “supply of alcohol” has the meaning given in section 14 of that Act.

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