Courts and Civil law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025
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Amendment of Gambling Regulation Act 2024 | ||
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11. The Gambling Regulation Act 2024 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1(2), by the substitution of “section 10” for “section 9”, | ||
(b) in section 40(3)(a), by the substitution of “section 39(2)” for “section 38(2)”, | ||
(c) in section 115, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) Notwithstanding section 108, where an application for renewal of a Business to Consumer licence under this section is not determined by the Authority before the expiry of the licence concerned, that licence shall continue in force until— | ||
(a) the Authority grants the application for renewal and the licence is issued under section 107(2), or | ||
(b) the Authority refuses the application for renewal and whichever is the sooner of the following occurs: | ||
(i) the period allowed for bringing an appeal under Part 9 expires and no appeal has been brought; | ||
(ii) an application under subsection (6) is refused; | ||
(iii) the licence ceases to be in force in accordance with subsection (7).”, | ||
(d) in section 121— | ||
(i) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “paragraph (g) or (h)” for “paragraphs (g) or (h)” in both places where it occurs, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) Notwithstanding section 108, where an application for renewal of a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose under this section is not determined by the Authority before the expiry of the licence concerned, that licence shall continue in force until— | ||
(a) the Authority grants the application for renewal and the licence is issued under section 107(2), or | ||
(b) the Authority refuses the application for renewal and whichever is the sooner of the following occurs: | ||
(i) the period allowed for bringing an appeal under Part 9 expires and no appeal has been brought; | ||
(ii) an application under subsection (6) is refused; | ||
(iii) the licence ceases to be in force in accordance with subsection (7).”, | ||
(e) in section 127, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): | ||
“(4) Notwithstanding section 108, where an application for renewal of a Business to Business licence under this section is not determined by the Authority before the expiry of the licence concerned, that licence shall continue in force until— | ||
(a) the Authority grants the application for renewal and the licence is issued under section 107(2), or | ||
(b) the Authority refuses the application for renewal and one of the following occurs: | ||
(i) the period allowed for bringing an appeal under Part 9 expires and no appeal has been brought; | ||
(ii) an appeal is brought under Part 9 and, without prejudice to section 222(4), the appeal is determined in accordance with that section.”, | ||
(f) in section 132, by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1): | ||
“(2) The Authority shall specify, by notice published on its website, the changes to be notified to it under subsection (1). | ||
(3) A notification under subsection (1) shall be made within 7 days of a change referred to in subsection (2).”, | ||
(g) in section 146(1), by the deletion of “and section 149”, and | ||
(h) in section 217(4), by the substitution of “subsection (3)” for “subsection (2)”. |