{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Premises",
  "text": "(1) An operating licence—\n(a) may not include a condition (whether attached by virtue of section 75, 77 or 78)—\n(i) requiring that the licensed activities be carried on at a specified place or class of place,\n(ii) preventing the licensed activities from being carried on at a specified place or class of place, or\n(iii) specifying premises on which the licensed activities may be carried on, but\n(b) may include a condition about—\n(i) the number of sets of premises on which the licensed activities may be carried on;\n(ii) the number of persons for whom facilities may be provided on any premises where the licensed activities are carried on.\n(2) An operating licence of any kind may authorise activities carried on in more than one place.",
  "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": "S. 84 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. 43"
    },
    {
      "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. 84(1) 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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 84 in force at 1.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/84",
    "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."
  }
}