Section 177: Credit

Gambling Act 2005 · 2005 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 8: Premises Licences

This section applies to—

casino premises licences, and
bingo premises licences.

A premises licence to which this section applies shall by virtue of this section be subject to the condition that the licensee does not—

give credit in connection with gambling authorised by the licence, or
participate in, arrange, permit or knowingly facilitate the giving of credit in connection with gambling authorised by the licence.

But the condition in subsection (2) shall not prevent the licensee from permitting the installation and use on the premises of a machine enabling cash to be obtained on credit from a person (the "credit provider") provided that—

the licensee has no other commercial connection with the credit provider in relation to gambling,
the licensee neither makes nor receives any payment or reward (whether by way of commission, rent or otherwise) in connection with the machine, and
any conditions about the nature, location or use of the machine attached by virtue of section 167, 168 or 169 are complied with.

In this section "credit" has the same meaning as in section 81.

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