News: Consultation on Gambling Act 2005: Legislative Reform Order
- Date: 26/01/2012
- Source: Poppleston Allen
- Author/Solicitor: James Anderson
The Government has issued a consultation seeking views of two proposals to use powers under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 to amend the Gambling Act 2005 by means of a Legislative Reform Order to:
i. remove restrictions on the employment of people under the age of 18 years at a track with a betting premises licence;
ii. remove restrictions on the availability of entitlements to gaming machines at premises selling alcohol at airports.
The Department of Culture and Sport states that these restrictions serve no regulatory purpose and have arisen purely as unintended consequences stemming from the implementation of the Gambling Act. The proposal aims to create an exemption for tracks to allow them to employ under-18s in non-gambling roles when betting might be taking place. With regards to premises selling alcohol at airports it is proposed to allow such premises to take advantage of the same gaming machine entitlements that are available to other alcohol licenced premises elsewhere in Great Britain.
The consultation closes on 16 April 2012.
A copy of the consultation documents can be found on the links below:
Consultation on employment of people under the age of 18 at a track with a betting premises licence:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Under_18s_employment_on_tracks_consultation.pdf
Consultation on availability of entitlements to gaming machines at premises selling alcohol at airports: http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Gaming_machines_in_airside_bars_consultion.pdf
For more information please contact James Anderson
