{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-exempt-gaming-in-clubs-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-exempt-gaming-in-clubs-regulations-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1944",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Exempt Gaming in Clubs) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-exempt-gaming-in-clubs-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Participation fees where no club gaming permit is held",
  "text": "(1) This regulation prescribes the maximum participation fee that may be charged for the purposes of section 269(4) of the Act, where a relevant club does not hold a club gaming permit.\n(2) The maximum participation fee that a relevant club may charge a person in respect of entitlement to participate in a particular kind of game on any one day is—\n(a) £18 in respect of bridge or whist, if the game is played on a day on which no facilities for any kinds of gaming (other than bridge or whist) are provided by the relevant club on that day; and\n(b) in any other circumstances—\n(i) subject to paragraph (ii), £1; or\n(ii) in the case of a commercial club that holds a club machine permit, £3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the meaning of “participation fee” see section 344 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the meaning of “club gaming permit” see section 271 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "For the meaning of “club machine permit” see section 273 of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1944/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:49:11.272340+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."
}