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Corporate Governance Framework

Our corporate governance framework sets out the necessary responsibilities and procedures that guarantee we operate properly.

Published
29 October 2021

Last updated
13 June 2024 - Changes

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  1. Contents
  2. Legal status

Legal status

2.2 The Gambling Commission was created by section 20 of the Gambling Act 2005. The Commission took over the National Lottery Commission’s functions on 1 October 2013 when the Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 came into force.

2.3 The Commission is an executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). This means that we deliver services on behalf of government, and have our own Board. We have been set up in this way so that the Commission’s regulatory decisions are independent of government.

2.4 The Commission is made up of a Chair and other Commission members (known as ‘Commissioners’). Together they are the Board of Commissioners. The Secretary of State appoints the Chair and Commissioners, following guidance issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

2.5 The jurisdiction of the Commission under the Gambling Act 2005 (as amended) covers Great Britain – England, Scotland, and Wales1. With regard to functions under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (as amended) the Commission’s jurisdiction also includes Northern Ireland. The Commission will establish and maintain appropriate working relationships within each administration, taking account of the differences between them.

References

1 The following sections of the Gambling Act 2005 also apply to Northern Ireland: chain gifting (section 43), advertising foreign gambling (section 331), and the repeal of ss.9-9B of the 1981 Act (section 340).

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