Explanatory note

These Regulations make provisions about the fees relating to a prize gaming permit (a ‘permit’), and the form of the permit.

Regulation 3 prescribes the application fee for a permit and for renewal of a permit. Regulation 3 also prescribes the fee that applies in specified circumstances, to applications by persons who already hold an equivalent gambling permission under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32).

Regulation 4 and Schedule 1 prescribe the form that the permit should take.

Regulation 5 prescribes the fee for substituting a name on a permit. The name on a permit may be substituted if the permit holder changes his name or wishes to be known by another name.

Regulation 6 prescribes the fee for applying for a copy of the permit. A permit holder may apply for a copy of the permit if it is lost, stolen or damaged.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of these Regulations is available from the Premises Licence Team, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, telephone 020 7211 6353.