Gambling Policy

Licensing Authorities are required under the Act to:

• be responsible for the licensing of premises where gambling activities are to take place by issuing Premises Licences
• issue Provisional Statements
• regulate members' clubs and miners' welfare institutes who wish to undertake certain gaming activities via issuing Club Gaming Permits and/or Club Machine Permits
• issue Club Machine Permits to Commercial Clubs
• grant permits for the use of certain lower stake gaming machines at unlicensed Family Entertainment Centres
• receive notifications from alcohol licensed premises (under the Licensing Act 2003) for the use of two or fewer gaming machines
• issue Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits for premises licensed to sell/supply alcohol for consumption on the licensed premises, under the Licensing Act 2003, where there are more than two machines
• register small society lotteries below prescribed thresholds
• issue Prize Gaming Permits
• receive and endorse Temporary Use Notices
• receive Occasional Use Notices
• provide information to the Gambling Commission regarding details of licences issued (see section above on information exchange)
• maintain registers of the permits and licences that are issued under these functions

It should be noted that local licensing authorities are not involved in licensing remote gambling at all, which is regulated by the Gambling Commission via operating licences.