Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling (Personal Licence Fees) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st January 2007.

Interpretation

2. —(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;

“maintenance fee” means a fee payable in accordance with section 132(2) of the Act (as specified in regulation 4);

“personal management licence” means a personal licence which authorises an individual to perform the functions of a management office within the meaning of section 80(5) (whether or not the licence also authorises the individual to perform a specified operational function within the meaning of section 80(6)); and

“personal functional licence” means a personal licence which does not authorise an individual to perform any function other than an operational function within the meaning of section 80(6).

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a section is a reference to a section of the Act.

(3) A reference in regulations 3, 5 and 6 to a section is a reference to that section as applied to personal licences by section 128(1).

Application fees for personal licences

3. —(1) The fee to accompany an application for a personal licence under section 69 is—

(a) £330, if the application is for a personal management licence; or

(b) £165, if the application is for a personal functional licence.

(2) But if an application for a personal licence is made by means of the Commission’s website, the fee to accompany that application is 90 per cent of the fee that would, but for this paragraph, be payable under paragraph (1) .

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) , an application shall not be regarded as being made by means of the Commission’s website unless it contains the information or documents required by section 69(2)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f), to the extent that such information or documents can be transmitted electronically.

Maintenance fees for personal licences

4. —(1) The holder of a personal licence shall pay a first maintenance fee to the Commission within 30 days of the fifth anniversary of the date on which the licence was issued.

(2) Thereafter the holder of a personal licence shall pay a further maintenance fee to the Commission every five years, within 30 days of the anniversary of the date on which the licence was issued.

(3) The maintenance fees payable pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) are—

(a) £330, if the maintenance fee is in respect of a personal management licence; or

(b) £165, if the maintenance fee is in respect of a personal functional licence.

Fees for applications to vary personal licences

5. —(1) The fee to accompany an application under section 104(1)(a) to vary a personal licence is—

(a) 25 per cent of the fee payable in respect of an application for a licence of the kind sought to be varied (determined in accordance with regulation 3(1)), if the application is to add or amend a licensed activity; or

(b) £25, if the application is to remove a licensed activity.

(2) The fee to accompany an application under section 104(1)(b) to vary a personal licence is £25.

(3) The fee to accompany an application under section 104(1)(c) to vary a personal licence is 25 per cent of the fee payable in respect of an application for a licence of the kind sought to be varied (determined in accordance with regulation 3(1)).

(4) In determining the fee to which a percentage reduction is made under this regulation, regulations 3(2) and (3) do not apply.

Maximum fee for copy of personal licence

6. The fee for issuing a copy of a personal licence under section 107 shall not exceed £25.