Amendments to the Machine Games Duty Regulations 2012
4. In regulation 7 (registration)—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where an application is made by a person in accordance with regulation 6, the Commissioners must—
(a)where the application is made by a registrable person, as soon as reasonably practicable—
(i)register the person and allocate a registration number; and
(ii)provide the registration confirmation to the person; or
(b)where the application is made by an expected registrable person, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Commissioners are satisfied that the person has become a registrable person—
(i)register the person and allocate a registration number; and
(ii)provide the registration confirmation to the person.”,
(b)omit paragraphs (3) and (4), and
(c)after paragraph (5) insert—
“(6) In this regulation—
“expected registrable person” means a person who reasonably expects to become a registrable person within 3 months following the date of the application for registration; and
“provide the registration confirmation” means to provide the date of registration and the registration number.”.