Commencement, citation and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Club Gaming Permits) (Authorised Gaming) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.

(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005.

Games of chance authorised under a club gaming permit

2. —(1) For the purposes of section 271(3)(c) of the Act, the games of chance( 2 ) the provision of facilities for which is authorised by a club gaming permit are pontoon and chemin de fer.

(2) The reference in paragraph (1) to the game of pontoon does not include a reference to the game of blackjack, or any other form of pontoon whose rules do not provide for the right to hold the bank to pass amongst players in certain events arising in the course of play.

Authorisation to charge participation fees

3. —(1) For the purposes of section 271(4)(a) of the Act, a participation fee( 3 ) may be charged in respect of any of the games of chance prescribed by regulation 2(1).

(2) The maximum participation fee that a person may be charged in respect of entitlement to participate on any one day in any of the games prescribed by regulation 2(1) is £3 (exclusive of value added tax).

(3) In this regulation, a reference to a day is a reference to a period of 24 hours beginning at midday.