# The Gambling Act 2005 (Family Entertainment Centre Gaming Machine) (Permits) Regulations 2007, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;
“existing operator” means a person who—
(a) makes an application for a permit before 1st September 2007;
(b) on the date on which he makes the application—
(i) holds a permit issued under section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 (a “section 34 permit”), or
(ii) is applying to the appropriate authority (within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the Gaming Act 1968) for a section 34 permit, and the application (including any appeal) has not been finally determined; and
(c) the application relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the section 34 permit, or the application for a section 34 permit, relates.
“permit” means a family entertainment centre gaming machine permit;
(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Schedule 10 to the Act so numbered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/454/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-family-entertainment-centre-gaming-machine-permits-regulations-2007/regulation-2
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