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Part 5 E+W+SOperating Licences

IntroductoryE+W+S

68Combined licenceE+W+S

(1)An operating licence may be a licence of more than one of the kinds described in section 65(2).

(2)Subsection (1) is subject to the following provisions of this section.

(3)A casino operating licence authorises the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to provide facilities—

(a)for betting on the outcome of a virtual game, race, competition or other event or process, subject to any exclusion or restriction provided for by way of condition under section 75 or 77;

(b)for any game of chance other than bingo (and this paragraph does not prevent the combination of a casino operating licence and a bingo operating licence in reliance on subsection (1)).

(4)A general betting operating licence authorises the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to provide facilities for betting on the outcome of a virtual race, competition or other event or process other than a game of chance, subject to any exclusion or restriction provided for by way of condition under section 75 or 77.

(5)The following kinds of operating licence authorise the holder, by virtue of this subsection, to make one or more gaming machines within Categories A to D available for use (in addition to authorising the activities specified in accordance with section 65(2))—

(a)a non-remote casino operating licence,

(b)a non-remote bingo operating licence,

(c)a non-remote general betting operating licence, and

(d)a non-remote pool betting operating licence.

(6)No other kind of operating licence (other than a gaming machine general operating licence) may authorise the holder to make a gaming machine available for use.

Commencement Information

I1S. 68 in force at 1.1.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4)

I2S. 68 in force at 1.9.2007 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)