{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-263",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-263.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/263",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "263",
  "heading": "Penalty",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Part shall be liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks,\n(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or\n(c) both.\n(2) In the application of subsection (1) to Scotland the reference to 51 weeks shall have effect as a reference to six months.\n(3) In the application of subsection (1) to England and Wales in relation to an offence committed under section 261(2) by virtue of section 261(1)(ba) before section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 263(3) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/124), arts. 1(1), 4(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 263 in force at 1.9.2007 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/263",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:42.684927+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."
  }
}