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Gambling Act 2005
The Gambling Act 2005 will change the way gambling is licensed in Great Britain. We will be the licensing authority for Trafford and will be working with the new national gambling regulator, the Gambling Commission.
A summary of the act
- Gambling operators will require an operating licence and any relevant personal licences from the Gambling Commission
- They can then get a premises licence from their relevant licensing authority. For premises based in Trafford this will be Trafford Council.
- Decisions by both bodies will be made in accordance with the three licensing objectives, which are;
- preventing gambling being a source of crime or disorder
- ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way
- protecting children and the vulnerable from being harmed or exploited by gambling.
The Gambling Commission
From January 2007, the Commission will be responsible for granting operating and personal licences for commercial gambling operators and personnel working in the industry. It will also regulate certain lottery managers and promoters.
Illegal gambling will be investigated and organisers prosecuted. The Gambling Commission will also collect information from us about gambling so that it can regulate gambling effectively and advise the government about gambling in the United Kingdom.
The Act removes from licensing justices all responsibility for granting gambling and betting permissions, which they exercised previously. Instead, the Commission and licensing authorities will share between them responsibility for all matters previously regulated by licensing justices.
Visit the Gambling Commission website
Local licensing authorities
We will issue premises licenses for: casinos, betting offices and race tracks, bingo clubs, adult gaming centres and family entertainment centres.
We will also issue permits for: gaming machines in members' clubs and licensed premises, gaming in members' clubs, prize gaming and unlicensed family entertainment centres. We will also approve temporary use notices and issue provisional statements (provisional statements are a kind of licence issued before a building is built or altered for the purpose of gambling).
Fees
For detailed information concerning the fees structure, please see our Gambling Act 2005 fees page
Licensing Policy
It is a requirement under section 349 of the Gambling Act 2005 for the Council to prepare, consult and publish a Gambling Policy Statement.
The consultation period ran from 1st August 2006 to 24th October 2006 and we received sixteen responses to the consultation exercise. A list of the consultees is shown at Appendix A of the Gambling Policy Statement.
All of the responses received were collated and included in the Summary of Responses to the AGMA Consultation
Information
Gambling Act 2005 - List of Responsible Authorities
For further inforamtion, please contact:
Licensing Section
Trafford Town Hall
Talbot Road
Stretford
Manchester
M32 0YJ
Email: licensing@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 4129
Fax: 0161 912 4241
This page was last updated on 28 August 2008
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