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Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022
The Gambling Commission's 2021 to 2022 Annual Report and Accounts.
n) Treatment of penalty packages
Section 121 of the Gambling Act 2005 provides that the Commission may require the holder of an operating licence to pay a penalty if the Commission thinks that a condition of the licence has been breached. The Commission may impose a financial penalty following a review under section 116(1) or (2) of the Act. The Commission also has the power to impose a financial penalty without carrying out a licence review. Once a financial penalty has been imposed the Commission pays received monies into a Consolidated Fund, once it has deducted its costs and a reasonable share of its expenditure, as set out at section 121(5)(c).
Where the Commission has issued a penalty in respect of a regulatory failing or breach, in the majority of cases the penalty is paid directly to a benefactor (where a benefactor has been identified) or to a nominated responsible gambling charity. The Commission only recovers any direct costs as a result of undertaking the investigation or the imposition and enforcement of the penalty. The amounts retained by the Commission are shown within the accounts as other income.
In the event that a fine is issued for a regulatory breach, the Commission will collect the fine and pay it to the Consolidated Fund having deducted the costs of its investigation under the principle above.
Cost recovery or amounts due to be passed over to the Consolidated Fund at the year end are shown within Note 15, Consolidated Fund Income.
Last updated: 31 August 2022
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