Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;

• “existing operator” means a person who—

  1. (a)

     makes an application for a permit before 1st September 2007;

  2. (b)

     on the date on which he makes the application—

     1. (i)

        holds a permit issued under section 16 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976^f1 (a “section 16 permit”), or

     2. (ii)

        is applying to the appropriate authority (within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976) for a section 16 permit, and the application (including any appeal) has not been finally determined; and

  3. (c)

     the application relates to the same or substantially the same premises as those to which the section 16 permit, or the application for a section 16 permit, relates.

• “permit” means a prize gaming permit^f2;

A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Schedule 14 to the Act so numbered.