Issue - meetings
Gambling Act 2005 - Revised Statement of Principles for Gambling
Meeting: 16/11/2021 - Licensing and Appeals Committee (Item 19)
19 Gambling Act 2005 - Revised Statement of Principles for Gambling 
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The report provides details of the consultation process for the review of the Council’s current Statement of Principles for the Gambling Act 2005
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 - Gambling Policy, item 19
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- Annex 2 - feedback form for GA2005 consultation, item 19
PDF 42 KB
Minutes:
The report of the Director of Central Services and Monitoring Officer presented a revised Statement of Principles for Gambling under the Gambling Act 2005. The Council’s current policy took effect from 15 January 2019 and would run until 30 January 2022. Due to the timings of the consultation being presented to the Committee, Members were asked to extend the current policy until 1 May 2022 and for the revised policy to run from 1 May 2022 to 30 January 2025.
The draft statement had been prepared having regard to guidance from the Gambling Commission and the report highlighted the licensing objectives, the responsible authorities for the Borough and the process for consultation over a twelve week period and adoption of the new policy.
RESOLVED: That the current policy be extended until 1 May 2022 and that the draft policy set out at Annex 1 to the report, be approved for consultation.