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Gambling Act 2005

Section 312: Clubs

778.This section allows authorised local authority officers to enter premises, where an application for a club gaming or club machine permit has been made, for a purpose connected with the application.

779.The section also specifies the purposes for which a constable or enforcement officer may enter premises which are reasonably believed to be used by a members’ club, a commercial club or a miners’ welfare institute. These are to determine whether gaming is taking or is about to take place, or whether any gaming that is or is about to take place is in accordance with the provisions for exempt gaming under Part 12, a club gaming permit or a club machine permit.

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