{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-inspection-provision-of-information-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-inspection-provision-of-information-regulations-2007/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Inspection) (Provision of Information) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-inspection-provision-of-information-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;\n“appropriate recipient” means a person present at a premises at any time during an inspection, and who appears to the inspector to occupy the premises or to be responsible for their management;\n“inspection” means the entry of an inspector into premises pursuant to a power conferred by Part 15, and the carrying out there of activities authorised under that Part;\n“inspector” means a constable, enforcement officer or authorised person;\n“interested person” in relation to an inspection means any of the following:\n(a) the Gambling Commission;\n(b) an appropriate recipient;\n(c) the holder of a relevant authorisation in relation to the premises;\n(d) where an inspection occurs pursuant to section 315 (which enables an inspector to enter premises in respect of which a temporary use notice has been given), the person who gave the temporary use notice;\n(e) a society registered with a local authority in accordance with Part 5 of Schedule 11 of the Act, where the premises are owned or used by that society at the time of the inspection;\n(f) a person who occupies the premises or is responsible for their management at the time of the inspection;\n“relevant authorisation” in relation to the premises means a premises licence, a permit issued under the Act or an on-premises alcohol licence that has effect in relation to the premises at the time the inspection takes place;\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered Part or section is a reference to that Part or section of the Act so numbered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/319/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:05:23.480785+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."
}