Gambling licensing policy

For the purpose of the Gambling Act 2005, the following are responsible authorities in relation to the licensing of premises under the Act:

• A licensing authority in whose area the premises are wholly or partly situated
• The Gambling Commission
• Thames Valley Police
• Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue
• The Planning Department
• The Environmental Health Department
• Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
• HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise

The Licensing Authority is required by regulations to state the principles it will apply in exercising its powers under Section 157(h) of the Act to designate, in writing, a body which is competent to advise the authority about the protection of children from harm. The principles are:

• the need for the body to be responsible for an area covering the whole of the licensing authority’s area; and
• the need for the body to be answerable to democratically elected persons, rather than any particular vested interest group.

The Licensing Authority designates the Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership for this purpose.

View contact details for all of the Responsible Authorities under the Gambling Act 2005.