{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-club-gaming-and-club-machine-permits-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-club-gaming-and-club-machine-permits-regulations-2007/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1834",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Club Gaming and Club Machine Permits) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-club-gaming-and-club-machine-permits-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;\n“the 1968 Act” means the Gaming Act 1968;\n“applicant” means a members’ club, commercial club or miners’ welfare institute that is making an application under paragraph 1(1) or (as the case may be) paragraph 1(2) or 24(1);\n“application” means, unless otherwise specified, an application—\n(a) for a club gaming permit under paragraph 1(1),\n(b) for a club machine permit under paragraph 1(2), or\n(c) to renew a club gaming or club machine permit under paragraph 24(1),\nas the case may require;\n“existing Part 2 operator” means an applicant—\n(a) who is registered—\n(i) under Part 2 of the 1968 Act (a “Part 2 registration”) and the registration has effect immediately before 1st September 2007, or\n(ii) under Part 2 of the 1968 Act on or after 1st September 2007; and\n(b) whose application—\n(i) relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the Part 2 registration relates,\n(ii) complies with sub-paragraphs (b) and (e) of paragraph 2 and (where applicable) paragraph 3, and\n(iii) is made before the relevant date;\n“existing Part 3 operator” means an applicant—\n(a) who is registered—\n(i) under Part 3 of the 1968 Act (a “Part 3 registration”) and the registration has effect immediately before 1st September 2007, or\n(ii) under Part 3 of the 1968 Act on or after 1st September 2007; and\n(b) whose application—\n(i) relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the Part 3 registration relates,\n(ii) complies with sub-paragraphs (b) and (e) of paragraph 2 and (where applicable) paragraph 3, and\n(iii) is made before the relevant date;\n“permit” means—\n(a) a club gaming permit; or\n(b) a club machine permit;\n“relevant date”—\n(a) in relation to a Part 2 registration, has the meaning given in paragraphs 80(3) to (5) of Schedule 4 to the Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (“the Order”); and\n(b) in relation to a Part 3 registration, has the meaning given in paragraphs 88(3) to (5) of Schedule 4 to the Order.\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Schedule 12 to the Act so numbered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c.65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the meaning of “members’ club” see section 266 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "For the meaning of “commercial club” see section 267 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "For the meaning of “miners’ welfare institute” see section 268 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "For the meaning of “club gaming permit” see section 271 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "For the meaning of “club machine permit” see section 273 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "SI 2006/3272; a relevant amending instrument is SI 2007/1157."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1834/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:50:15.822982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}