Amendment of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Commencement Order7.
(1)
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Commencement Order (which restricts the circumstances in which an application for a certificate of approval under section 19 of the Gaming Act 1968 may be granted) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(1A)
Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
(a)
the application is made by a person who, when the application is made, holds a certificate under section 19 of the 1968 Act (“the existing certificate”);
(b)
the effect of the certificate being applied for (“the new certificate”) would be to authorise the performance of functions to which section 19(1) of the 1968 Act applies; and
(c)
the new certificate would apply to different premises from those to which the existing certificate applies.”.
(3)
The amendment made by this article shall not affect the validity of any decision taken by the Gambling Commission on an application for a certificate under section 19 of the Gaming Act 1968 to which the amendment applies, where the decision was taken before the date on which this Order comes into force.