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GAMBLING ACT 2005 STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES (POLICY) REVIEW 2024

 

 

Meeting: 13/11/2024 - Planning and Licensing Committee (Item 68)

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Purpose

To Review The Statement of Principles – Gambling Act 2005.

 

Recommendation

That the Planning and Licensing Committee considers the draft Statement of Principles and recommends to Full Council:

  1. To approve the Statement of Principles; and,

2.    That the Council continues to adopt a “no-casino resolution” for inclusions in the published Gambling Act 2005 Licensing Policy Statement.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Business Manager for Environmental, Welfare and Revenues introduced the item.

 

They explained that a statutory consultation had been carried out, after which it was decided to make a ‘no casino’ resolution.

 

This recommendation had also been made in 2006 and subsequently, Council had resolved that this be renewed at meetings in 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2022, in line with the requirement to review this once every three years.

 

Members discussed the report, suggesting the following corrections and additions to the report, which the Business Manager stated they would include before consideration at Full Council;

  • The Licensing Officer confirmed that ‘Intelligence’ in ‘Intelligence based inspection programme’ referred to police intelligence. This would be explicitly defined within the report.
  • The definition of “young person” to be included.
  • The definition of the machine categories (i.e. A, B, C etc.) would be included.

 

Members also asked the following questions;

  • Whether online betting was included within this. The Business Manager explained that this was regulated by the gambling commission.
  • How many applications for casinos were received. The Licensing Officer said that there were very few, estimating approximately one every few years.
  • What ‘adult gaming centres’ were. The Licensing Officer explained this was ‘fruit machine’ type gambling, in sectioned off areas, for instance, in service stations.

Members thanked Officers for their work on the policy and highlighted the importance that these policies be as transparent as possible.

 

The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Patrick Coleman and seconded by Councillor Julia Judd.

 

 

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