{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-74",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-74.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/74",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "Determination of application",
  "text": "(1) On considering an application under section 69 the Commission shall—\n(a) grant it,\n(b) reject it, or\n(c) grant it in respect of one or more of the activities specified in accordance with section 69(2)(a) and reject it in respect of the others.\n(2) Where the Commission grants an application in whole or in part it shall as soon as is reasonably practicable—\n(a) notify the applicant of the grant, and\n(b) issue an operating licence to the applicant.\n(3) Where the Commission rejects an application in whole or in part it shall as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the applicant of—\n(a) the rejection, and\n(b) the reasons for it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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": "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": "C3",
      "text": "S. 74(2) 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. 42(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 74 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. 74 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/74",
    "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."
  }
}