Consultation response

Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy: Consultation Response

This response sets out our position in relation to the consultation around proposed changes to our Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy.

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Published
23 June 2022

Last updated
22 June 2022 - Changes

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Contents

• Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy: Consultation Response

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• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Summary of responses - Licensing changes
• Proposal 1: Policy position in relation to dual regulation products
• Proposal 2: Changes to complete applications
• Proposal 3: Clarification of relevant persons
• Proposal 4: Timescale for using licence
• Proposal 5: Clarification of suitability criteria
• Proposal 6: Clarification of financing arrangements
• Proposal 7: Addition of new examples to update the Commission about
• Proposal 8: Minor updates to reflect minor changes to processes in the policy
• Summary of responses - Compliance changes
• Proposal 9: Remote assessments
• Proposal 10: Assessment framework
• Proposal 11: Special Measures
• Summary of responses - Enforcement changes
• Proposal 12: Commencing a review of an individual licence
• Proposal 13: Financial penalties
• Proposal 14: Suspension
• Proposal 15: Regulatory settlements

Introduction

The Gambling Commission

We licence and regulate commercial gambling within Great Britain, including the National Lottery.

Our functions under the Gambling Act 2005 include:

• licensing operators and individuals
• monitoring compliance with licence conditions and the law
• investigation and enforcement, both in relation to licensees and illegal (unlicensed) gambling
• providing advice to central and local government on the incidence, manner, effects and regulation of gambling.

We have a statutory duty to permit gambling provided that it is reasonably consistent with the licensing objectives.

Consultation proposals and background

We issued the consultation on 17 November 2021, and it ran for 12 weeks until 9 February 2022. In total we received 66 responses to the consultation from operators, trade associations, members of the public, the charity and not-for-profit sector and others.

The questions we asked in the consultation together with a summary of the feedback we received and the outcomes are set out within the following Summary of responses sections.

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Last updated: 22 June 2022

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