{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Licensing authorities",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act the following are licensing authorities—\n(a) in relation to England—\n(i) a district council,\n(ii) a county council for a county in which there are no district councils,\n(iii) a London borough council,\n(iv) the Common Council of the City of London, and\n(v) the Council of the Isles of Scilly,\n(b) in relation to Wales—\n(i) a county council, and\n(ii) a county borough council, and\n(c) in relation to Scotland, a licensing board continued in existence by or established under section 5 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 16).\n(2) For the purposes of Schedule 13, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple are licensing authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(c) substituted (1.9.2009 at 5.00 a.m.) by The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/248), sch. 1 para. 12(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 1.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2455, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:07:21.579568+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}