{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-licensed-premises-gaming-machine-permits-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-licensed-premises-gaming-machine-permits-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1833",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling Act 2005 (Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005-licensed-premises-gaming-machine-permits-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1968 Act” means the Gaming Act 1968;\n“application” means an application for a licensed premises gaming machine permit under paragraph 1(1);\n“existing operator” means a person who makes an application and—\n(a) on the date on which he makes the application, holds a permit issued under section 34 of the 1968 Act by the authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the 1968 Act (a “section 34 permit”);\n(b) that section 34 permit—\n(i) authorises him to make available a number of gaming machines, being a number which is greater than two, and\n(ii) is due to expire in accordance with paragraph 24(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Order on a date on or after 1st September 2007;\n(c) the application for the permit is made before the date on which the section 34 permit is due to expire in accordance with paragraph 24(1) or (2) of Schedule 4 to the Order; and\n(d) the application relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the section 34 permit relates;\n“the Order” means the Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006; and\n“permit” means a licensed premises gaming machine permit, unless the contrary is indicated.\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Schedule 13 to the Gambling Act 2005 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 “licensed premises gaming machine permit” see section 283 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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/2007/1833/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:50:16.546385+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."
}