Gambling licensing policy

Licensing Authorities are required under the Act to:

• Be responsible for the licensing of premises where gambling activities are to take place by issuing Premises Licences, including the investigation of complaints and review of licences
• Issue Provisional Statements
• Regulate members’ clubs and miners’ welfare institutes where certain gaming activities are proposed to take place by issuing Club Gaming Permits and/or Club Machine Permits
• Issue Club Machine Permits to commercial clubs
• Grant permits for the use of certain lower stake gaming machines at unlicensed Family Entertainment Centres
• Receive notifications from alcohol licensed premises (under the Licensing Act 2003) for the use of two or fewer gaming machines
• Issue Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Permits for premises licensed to sell/supply alcohol on the premises (under the Licensing Act 2003) where there are more than two gaming machines
• Register small society lotteries which fall below prescribed thresholds
• Issue Prize Gaming Permits
• Receive, endorse and, if necessary, determine Temporary Use Notices
• Receive Occasional Use Notices
• Provide information to the Gambling Commission regarding details of licences issued (see section above on information exchange)
• Maintain registers of the permits and licences that are issued under these functions.

Local licensing authorities are not involved in licensing remote gambling which is the responsibility of the Gambling Commission through operating licences. Remote gambling means gambling where participation is by the use of the internet, telephone, television, radio or any other kind of electronic or other technology for facilitating communication.