Guidance to licensing authorities (GLA)


 

Licensing authorities are required to develop, consult on, and publish a statement of their licensing policy. The statement must set out the principles that they propose to apply in exercising their functions under the Gambling Act 2005.

To help the process, the Gambling Commission is required to issue guidance to licensing authorities on the manner in which they are to exercise their functions, and the principles to be applied by them in exercising them. Licensing authorities are required to have regard to this guidance under the Gambling Act 2005.

Our Guidance to licensing authorities (4th Edition) is available to download. To view all of the advice and guidance we have produced for licensing authorities, visit the publications, guidance and advice section.

Additional websites of interest which offer services and guidance to licensing authorities on the Gambling Act 2005 are listed below. The list includes the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who are the official sponsors of the Gambling Commission. Please note you can download application forms in relation to premises licences, permits, provisional statements, lotteries and gaming notices, in Word format, from their website.

 

Contact us

General enquiries from licensing authorities should be sent to: info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk

Enquiries and licensing authority annual returns should be sent to: info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk

Page last reviewed: September 2012

 

 

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