The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Adult Gaming Centres and Bingo Premises) Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/1710
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Machines in Adult Gaming Centres and Bingo Premises) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Amendment of section 172(1)(a) of the Gambling Act 2005

For section 172(1)(a) substitute—

(a) to make available for use on the premises a number of Category B gaming machines not exceeding 20 per cent of the total number of gaming machines which are available for use on the premises,

Section 3 Amendment of section 172(7)(a) of the Gambling Act 2005

For section 172(7)(a) substitute—

(a) to make available for use on the premises a number of Category B gaming machines not exceeding 20 per cent of the total number of gaming machines which are available for use on the premises,

Section 4 Existing premises licences

In respect of an adult gaming centre premises licence or a bingo premises licence granted before the date that this Order comes into force, nothing in this Order shall have the effect of reducing the number of Category B gaming machines that the holder of such a licence is authorised to make available for use on the premises below the number of such machines that the holder was authorised to make available for use on the premises immediately before the coming into force of this Order.

Section 5 Provisions relating to new premises licences granted before 1 April 2014

(1) This article applies to an adult gaming centre premises licence or a bingo premises licence granted on or after the date that this Order comes into force but before 1 April 2014.

(2) Before 1 April 2014 section 172(1) and (7) of the Gambling Act 2005 (as amended by this Order) has effect, in relation to a licence to which this article applies, as if the number of Category B gaming machines that the holder of the licence is authorised to make available for use on the premises were—

(a) in respect of an adult gaming centre premises licence, the number permitted by virtue of article 2, or four, whichever is the greater, and

(b) in respect of a bingo premises licence, the number permitted by virtue of article 3, or eight, whichever is the greater.