Finance Act 2014

Revocation of remote operating licence

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6(1)The Commissioners may direct the Gambling Commission to revoke a remote operating licence suspended pursuant to a direction under paragraph 3 if the breach specified in the final notice has not been remedied in full to the satisfaction of the Commissioners within the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the direction under paragraph 3 was given.

(2)A direction under this paragraph may include provision directing the Gambling Commission as to how it is to exercise its powers under section 119(4) of the Gambling Act 2005 (time of revocation and saving and transitional provision).

(3)The Commissioners must notify the holder of the suspended licence of their decision to give the direction.

(4)That decision is to be treated as a relevant decision for the purposes of sections 15A and 15C to 16 of FA 1994 (customs and excise reviews and appeals) and, accordingly, the notice must include an offer of a review of the decision under section 15A of that Act.

(5)Only the holder of the suspended licence may bring an appeal under section 16 of FA 1994 as applied by sub-paragraph (4).