The Gambling Act 2005 came into force on 1 September 2007. The
Act repealed the Betting,Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, the Gaming
Act 1968 and the Lotteries and Amusement Act 1976.
Two main activities are covered by the Act:
- Providing facilities for gambling
- Using premises for gambling
The Act sets out three licensing objectives that are fundamental
to the legislation:
- Preventing gambling from being a source of crime and disorder,
being associated with crime or disorder, or being used to support
crime.
- Ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open
way.
- Protecting children and other vulnerable people from being
harmed or exploited by gambling.
The Act transferred responsibility for granting gaming and
betting permissions from Licensing Justices and granted new powers
to licensing authorities relating to the licensing and regulation
of premises on which gambling takes place. The City of London in
common with all local authorities, is required to produce a
statement of licensing principles outlining the manner in which
applications for premises will be handled and the matters which
must be taken into account.
The City of London Corporation, in compliance with the
provisions of the Gambling Act 2005, has produced a statement of
licensing principles. The statutory notice and the statement itself
are attached below:
Download the Notice of Publication of
Statement (60.6kb)
Download the Gambling
Statement (2mb)
Application forms are available from the
Gambling Commission or may be downloaded
below. For help with these forms please contact us either at
tradingstandards.licensing@cityoflondon.gov.uk or
on 020 7332 3406.
Gambling Premises Licence
Fees (32kb)
Gambling Act Responsible
Authorities (22kb)
Gambling Act 2005 - Application for a Premises
Licence Standard Form (34kb)
Gambling Act 2005 - Application for premises
licence standard vessels only (35kb)
Gambling Act 2005 - Notice of Application for
Premises Licence to be Published (24kb)
Gambling Act 2005 - Premises Licence Form A
(17kb)
Gambling Act 2005 - Premises Licence Form
B (20kb)
Applications for premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005
should be posted to the following address:
City of London Corporation
Licensing Service
Trading Standards Licensing Office
P O Box 270
Guildhall
London EC2P 2EJ
See also
Licence - Gambling Premises for a list of current
applications.
A copy of the application must also be sent to a prescribed
number of responsible authorities (these may differ depending upon
where the premises in question is situated).
Public register
View the public register online here. Please
note that the public register is constantly being updated.
Should you require any clarification in respect of particular
premises please contact the licensing team.