{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Regulatory powers",
  "text": "(1) Following a review under section 116(1) or (2) the Commission may—\n(a) give the holder of an operating licence a warning;\n(b) attach an additional condition to a licence under section 77;\n(c) remove or amend a condition attached to a licence under section 77;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) exercise the power under section 118 to suspend a licence;\n(f) exercise the power under section 119 to revoke a licence;\n(g) exercise the power under section 121 to impose a penalty.\n(2) Where the Commission determines to take action under subsection (1) in respect of a licence it shall as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the licensee of—\n(a) the action, and\n(b) the Commission's reasons.\n(3) In determining what action to take under subsection (1) following a review the Commission may have regard to a warning under that subsection given to the licensee following an earlier review (whether or not of that licence).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 117(1)(d) repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (Repeal) (Remote Operating Licence and Credit) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2321), regs. 1, 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 modified (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 72"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 116-122 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 48"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 5 modified (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 116-120 modified (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (Horserace Betting Levy) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2159), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 117(1) applied (with modifications) (1.1.2007) by Gambling (Personal Licences) (Modification of Part 5 of the Gambling Act 2005) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3267), regs. 1(1), 2(2), Sch. Table 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 117 in force at 1.1.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 117 in force at 1.9.2007 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:42.684927+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."
}