Gambling Act 2005

116 Review

(1) The Commission may in relation to operating licences of a particular description review—

(a) the manner in which licensees carry on licensed activities, and

(b) in particular, arrangements made by licensees to ensure compliance with conditions attached under section 75, 77 or 78.

(2) The Commission may review any matter connected with the provision of facilities for gambling as authorised by an operating licence if the Commission—

(a) has reason to suspect that activities may have been carried on in purported reliance on the licence but not in accordance with a condition of the licence,

(b) believes that the licensee, or a person who exercises a function in connection with or is interested in the licensed activities, has acquired a conviction of a kind mentioned in section 71(1), or

(c) for any reason—

(i) suspects that the licensee may be unsuitable to carry on the licensed activities, or

(ii) thinks that a review would be appropriate.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) a reason—

(a) may, in particular, relate to the receipt of a complaint about the licensee’s activities;

(b) need not relate to any suspicion or belief about the licensee’s activities.

(4) Before commencing a review of an operating licence under subsection (2) the Commission shall—

(a) notify the licensee, and

(b) inform him of the procedure to be followed in the conduct of the review.

(5) In conducting a review of an operating licence under subsection (2) the Commission—

(a) shall give the licensee an opportunity to make representations, and

(b) may give other persons an opportunity to make representations.