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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of class 4 gambling - Grant of class 4 operator’s licence

54: Significant changes in relation to class 4 operator’s licence must be notified

You could also call this:

"Tell the government about big changes to your class 4 gambling licence"

If you have a class 4 operator's licence, you must tell the Secretary if certain things happen. You need to notify the Secretary if you or a key person is convicted of a crime, or if you go into receivership, liquidation, or bankruptcy. You also need to tell the Secretary if you break a rule of racing made under the Racing Industry Act 2020, or if a key person can no longer do their job.

You must notify the Secretary before or as soon as possible after these changes happen. The Secretary can then decide what to do next, which might include asking you to apply for a licence change or suspending or cancelling your licence. The Secretary's powers are the same as when you first applied for your class 4 operator's licence, as outlined in section 51.

The Secretary might require you to apply for a licence amendment under section 57, or they might suspend or cancel your licence under sections 58 and 59, after you have made a notification.

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Licensing of class 4 gambling: Grant of class 4 operator’s licence

54Significant changes in relation to class 4 operator’s licence must be notified

  1. A corporate society holding a class 4 operator’s licence must notify the Secretary, and provide details, if any of the following things occur:

  2. the corporate society or a key person is convicted of a relevant offence:
    1. the corporate society or a key person is placed in receivership, goes into liquidation, or is adjudged bankrupt:
      1. the corporate society or a key person breaches a rule of racing made under the Racing Industry Act 2020:
        1. a key person ceases to be a key person or is incapable of performing the duties of his or her position:
          1. a change is proposed to the corporate society’s governing document that may affect the corporate society’s ability to comply with this Act or the licence.

            1. Notification must be made before, or as soon as practicable after, the changes occur.

            2. The powers and obligations in section 51 apply to a notification as if the notification were an application for a class 4 operator’s licence.

            3. The Secretary may require the corporate society to apply for an amendment under section 57, or may invoke the suspension or cancellation provisions under sections 58 and 59, as a result of the notification.

            Notes
            • Section 54(1)(c): amended, on , by section 129 of the Racing Industry Act 2020 (2020 No 28).