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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-operating-licence-and-single-machine-permit-fees-regulations-2017/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/303",
  "legislation_title": "The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-operating-licence-and-single-machine-permit-fees-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Application, annual and first annual fees for certain non-remote general betting (standard) operating licences",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a non-remote general betting (standard) operating licence if—\n(a) that operating licence is a category C1 licence or lower; and\n(b) the licensee does not at any time during the relevant period make a gaming machine available for use at premises for which the licensee holds a betting premises licence.\n(2) Subject to regulations 19 and 25 to 28, the application fee for a licence to which this regulation applies is to be determined in accordance with paragraph (3).\n(3) The application fee is—\n(a) for a category B3 licence or lower, £1,406;\n(b) for a category C1 licence, £4,920.\n(4) Subject to regulation 22, the annual fee for a licence to which this regulation applies is to be determined in accordance with paragraph (5).\n(5) The annual fee is—\n(a) for a category A1 licence, £1,408;\n(b) for a category A2 licence, £1,584;\n(c) for a category A3 licence, £2,758;\n(d) for a category B1 licence, £4,068;\n(e) for a category B2 licence, £4,830;\n(f) for a category B3 licence, £6,120;\n(g) for a category C1 licence, £14,557.\n(6) Subject to regulation 30, the first annual fee for a licence to which this regulation applies is 75 per cent of the annual fee for that licence, as determined in accordance with paragraph (5).\n(7) In this regulation—\n(a) one category of operating licence is lower than a second category if—\n(i) the letter used to denote that first category comes earlier in the alphabet; and\n(ii) where the letter is the same, the number used to denote that first category is lower;\n(b) “relevant period” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(3)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(3)(a) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(2), 4(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(2), 4(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(4) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(2), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(a) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(b) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(c) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(d) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(e) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(f) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 9(5)(g) substituted (6.4.2022) by The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/701), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 6.4.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/303/regulation/9",
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  "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."
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