{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-67",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-67.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/67",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67",
  "heading": "Remote gambling",
  "text": "(1) An operating licence is a “remote operating licence” if it authorises activity to be carried on—\n(a) in respect of remote gambling, or\n(b) by means of remote communication.\n(2) A remote operating licence may not also authorise activity which is neither—\n(a) in respect of remote gambling, nor\n(b) carried on by means of remote communication.\n(3) An operating licence must state whether it is a remote operating licence or not.\n(4) The power of the Commission to issue a remote operating licence to the holder of a licence suspended or revoked pursuant to a direction given under Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 2014 is subject to paragraph 7 of that Schedule (requirement for HMRC's consent).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 67(4) inserted (1.12.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 198(2)(c), Sch. 28 para. 23 (with Sch. 29)"
    },
    {
      "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": "S. 67 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": "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": "S. 67(2)(3) excluded (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. 69(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 67 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. 67 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/67",
    "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."
  }
}