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Status:Prospective version(s) available. Show Timeline of ChangesStatusThe version on screen is currently in force, but there is a version available (prospective version) to show how it could change.The prospective version will remain prospective until a date is appointed by an appropriate person or body to bring those changes into force.To see the prospective version, use the Show Timeline of Changes feature under ‘Advanced Features’.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring changes and effects in the prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Gaming Act 1968. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 43(9) text amended by S.S.I. 2005/383 Sch. 1 para. 2(2)s. 43(9) text amended by S.S.I. 2006/475 Sch. 1 para. 5(2)s. 43(9) text amended by S.I. 2005/1541 Sch. 2 para. 7(2)s. 43(9) words substituted by 2004 c. 21 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.I. 2006/3272 Sch. 4 para. 12Act repealed by 2005 c. 19 s. 356(3) Sch. 17Act restricted by S.I. 2005/3056 Sch. para. 5(3)(a)(b)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 65(2)(d) text amended by S.S.I. 2006/475 Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(c)Sch. 14 para. 12(1)(d) modified by S.I. 2006/3272 Sch. 4 para. 105(5)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Gaming Act 1968:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/708 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 16)S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)S.I. 2005/910 art. 3(y) commences (2003 c. 39)S.I. 2005/2455 art. 2 Sch. commences (2005 c. 19)S.I. 2005/3056 art. 2(2) commences (2003 c. 17)S.I. 2005/3175 art. 2(2) commences (2004 c. 33)S.I. 2006/3272 art. 2 Sch. 1-3 commences (2005 c. 19)43 Provision for inspectors and rights of entry and related rights. E+W+S(1)The Board may appoint such number of persons as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act; and in this Act “inspector” means any person so appointed.
[F1(2)Any inspector or constable may at any reasonable time enter any premises in respect of which a licence under this Act is for the time being in force, and while on the premises may—
(c)if any information reasonably required by him for that purpose is contained in a computer and is accessible from the premises, require it to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible.]
(3)If any person, being the holder of a licence under this Act in respect of any premises or a person acting on behalf of the holder of such a licence,—
(a)fails without reasonable excuse to admit an inspector or constable who demands admission to the premises in pursuance of subsection (2) of this section, or
(b)on being required by an inspector or constable to do so, fails without reasonable excuse to permit the inspector or constable to inspect the premises or any machine or other equipment on the premises, or
(c)on being required by an inspector or constable to produce any book or document in his possession or under his control which relates to those premises and which the inspector or constable reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose specified in subsection (2) of this section, fails without reasonable excuse to produce it to the inspector or constable and to permit the inspector or constable (if he so desires) to take copies of it or of any entry in it, or
[F2(ca)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed in relation to those premises under subsection (2)(c) of this section; or]
(d)on being required by an inspector to furnish any information relating to the premises which is reasonably required by the Board for the purposes of the performance of their functions, fails without reasonable excuse to furnish that information to the inspector,
the holder of the licence shall be guilty of an offence.
(4)If, on information on oath with respect to any premises,—
(a)a justice of the peace, if the premises are in England or Wales, or
(b)the sheriff or a magistrate or justice of the peace having jurisdiction in the place where the premises are situated, if they are situated in Scotland,
is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act is being, has been or is about to be committed on those premises, he may issue a warrant in writing authorising any constable, with or without one or more inspectors, to enter the premises, if necessary by force, [F3at any time within fourteen days from the time of the issue of the warrant] and to search the premises.
(5)Any constable who enters any premises under the authority of a warrant issued under subsection (4) of this section may—
(a)seize and remove any document, money or valuable thing, instrument or other thing whatsoever found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act, . . . F4
[F5(aa)if he has reasonable cause to believe that any information which is contained in a computer and is accessible from the premises may be required for those purposes, require it to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible; and]
(b)[F6arrest and] search any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be committing or to have committed any such offence.
[F7(5A)The holder of a licence under this Act in respect of any premises shall be guilty of an offence if he, or any person acting on his behalf, fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed in relation to those premises under subsection (5)(aa) of this section.]
(6)Without prejudice to any power exercisable by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section, in the case of any premises in respect of which a licence under this Act is for the time being in force or a club or a miners’ welfare institute is for the time being registered under Part II or Part III of this Act the Board may at any time serve on the holder of the licence or the chairman or secretary of the club or institute, as the case may be, a notice requiring him, in such manner and within such reasonable time as may be specified in the notice—
(a)to produce for inspection by or on behalf of the Board books or documents relating to those premises of any description specified in the notice which the Board reasonably require to inspect for the purpose specified in subsection (2) of this section, and
(b)to furnish to the Board information relating to those premises of any description specified in the notice which the Board reasonably require for that purpose.
(7)Any power exercisable by the Board by virtue of subsection (6) of this section in respect of any premises shall also be exercisable by the chief officer of police (or, in Scotland, the chief constable) for the police area in which the premises are situated, as if in that subsection any reference to the Board included a reference to that chief officer or chief constable.
(8)If without reasonable excuse any requirement imposed in relation to any premises by a notice served by virtue of subsection (6) or subsection (7) of this section is not complied with,—
(b)every officer of the club or institute, if they are premises in respect of which a club or a miners’ welfare institute is for the time being registered under Part II or Part III of this Act,
(9)In the case of any premises in respect of which a licence under this Act is for the time being in force, any person duly authorised in writing by the fire authority (within the meaning of the M1Fire Services Act 1947) in whose area the premises are situated may at any reasonable time enter the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether appropriate precautions against the danger of fire are being sufficiently observed; and, in relation to a person so authorised subsection (3) of this section (with the omission of paragraphs (c) [F8,(ca)] and (d)) shall have effect as if in that subsection—
(a)any reference to an inspector or constable were a reference to a person so authorised, and
(b)the reference in paragraph (a) to subsection (2) of this section were a reference to the preceding provisions of this subsection.
(10)Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F9level 4 on the standard scale].
[F10(11)In this section—
“copy”, in relation to a document, means anything onto which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 43(2) substituted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(2)F2Paragraph. (ca) inserted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(3)F3Words repealed (E.W.) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. IF4Word repealed by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(4)F5S. 43(5)(aa) inserted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(4)F6Words repealed (E.W.) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. IF7S. 43(5A) inserted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(5)F8Words inserted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(6)F9Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289GF10S. 43(11) substituted (31.1.1997) (for s. 43(11) which was inserted by Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26, SIF 12:1), s. 1, Sch. para. 2(7)) by 1995 c. 38, s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with ss. 1(3), 6(4)(5), 14); S.I. 1996/3217, art. 2Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 43 amended by Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (c. 35, SIF 12:1), s. 4(3)(a)C2Functions of the Treasury under s. 43(1) now again exercisable by the Treasury by virtue of S.I. 1968/1656 and 1981/1670, art. 2(2)C3S. 43(2) amended by Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (c. 35, SIF 12:1), s. 4(3)(b)C4S. 43(3) amended by Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (c. 35, SIF 12:1), s. 4(3)(c)C5S. 43(5) extended (prosp.) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 50, 52-54, 68, 138(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 11S. 43(5) modified (prosp.) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 55, 68, 138(2), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 93 (with s. 57(3))C6S. 43(5)(aa) modified (prosp.) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 63(2)(d), 138(2)C7S. 43(6) amended by Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (c. 35, SIF 12:1), s. 4(3)(c)Marginal CitationsM11947 c. 41. Previous: ProvisionNext: ProvisionBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint The Whole PartPDF The Whole PartWeb page The Whole PartPrint This Section onlyPDF This Section onlyWeb page This Section onlyYou have chosen to open The Whole ActThe Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. 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