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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-fees-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/828",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-fees-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Gambling (Personal Licence Fees) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3285, as amended) (“the Personal Licence Fees Regulations”) and the Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/303, as amended) (“the Operating Licence Fees Regulations”).\nThe Personal Licence Fees Regulations prescribe application, maintenance and other fees relating to personal licences issued under Part 6 of the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19) (“the Act”). These Regulations increase the application and maintenance fees payable under the Personal Licence Fees Regulations for personal management licences and personal functional licences by around 25%. These changes are well below the rate of inflation since these fees were last amended in 2012.\nThe Operating Licence Fees Regulations prescribe fees relating to operating licences (application, maintenance and other fees) and single-machine supply and maintenance permits (application fees only) issued under Parts 5 and 10 of the Act respectively. These Regulations increase many of these fees. As a result, the total revenue generated by the Operating Licence Fees Regulations is expected to increase by around 25%, although this will not be distributed evenly across all affected fees. Although some fees will rise by more than the rate of inflation since these fees were last amended in 2021, the average increase is below the rate of inflation, and more than 1,000 licensed operators will pay less as a result of the changes made by these Regulations.\nMore detailed information about all these changes is contained in the Explanatory Memorandum and the impact assessment identified in the final paragraph of this Explanatory Note.\nRegulation 6 changes the basis on which fees are payable for non-remote general betting (limited) operating licences, so that these are now calculated by reference to the associated annual gross gambling yield rather than a relevant number of working days.\nRegulation 27 revokes the Gambling (Personal Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1971).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum and a de minimis impact assessment for these Regulations can be found on legislation.gov.uk; copies of either document are available on request from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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