{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-354",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-354.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/354",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "354",
  "heading": "Crown application",
  "text": "(1) This Act binds the Crown.\n(2) But this Act shall have no effect in relation to anything done on, or in relation to any use of, premises occupied (temporarily or permanently) by any of Her Majesty's forces (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006)\n(3) Section 40(3) of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40) (conversion of reference to fire and rescue authority into reference to Her Majesty's Fire Inspectorate in relation to Crown premises) shall apply to a provision of this Act as it applies to provisions of that Act (but with the substitution for the reference to section 40(1) of a reference to subsection (1) above).\nA reference to a responsible authority (being an authority mentioned in section 157(f) in a provision of this Act which, by virtue of subsection (1), applies to premises owned or occupied by the Crown shall have effect as if the reference were a reference to the enforcing authority (as defined in section 61(9) of the Fire Scotland Act 2005 (asp 5)).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 354(2) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 245; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 354(3) substituted (S.) (1.10.2006) by Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 16(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 354 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/354",
    "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."
}