{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3272",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/59",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Conversion of existing licences etc. into premises licences: supplementary provisions",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to an advance application for a premises licence made by a person who qualifies as the existing premises operator in relation to the premises because on the date on which the application is made an application is also being made for—\n(a) the grant of a betting office licence under the 1963 Act,\n(b) the grant ... of a track betting licence under that Act ,\n(c) the grant of a certificate of approval under section 13 of that Act,\n(d) the grant ... of a casino licence under the 1968 Act,\n(e) the grant ... of a bingo club licence under that Act, or\n(f) the grant of a permit under section 34 of that Act in respect of amusement machine premises.\n(2) Any reference in this Part to the application under the existing legislation (including any reference to the application for transfer under the existing legislation) is to the relevant application referred to in sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Where the application is a conversion application, sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 54 is to be modified so that—\n(a) the licensing authority may not determine the application for the premises licence before being notified in writing by the applicant that the application under the existing legislation has been determined; and\n(b) the licensing authority are to be under a duty to grant the application for a premises licence only where the application under the existing legislation is granted and the applicant has sent them a copy of the relevant licence, permit or certificate.\n(5) Where the application under the existing legislation is refused, the licensing authority must reject the application for the premises licence.\n(6) Where despite the refusal of the application under the existing legislation the licensing authority purport to grant the premises licence, the licence is to be of no effect.\n(7) Where, in a case to which paragraph 54 applies, the application under the existing legislation is granted before 1st September 2007, paragraph 58 is to apply to a licence, permit or certificate granted on such an application as it applies to the existing licence, permit or certificate in a case to which that paragraph applies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 59(1)(b)(d)(e) omitted (29.4.2007) by virtue of The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1157), arts. 1(1), 11(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 59(3) omitted (29.4.2007) by virtue of The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1157), arts. 1(1), 11(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 59 in force at 1.1.2007, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3272/schedule/4/paragraph/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:13:39.535145+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."
}