Gaming Act 1968

2(1)In this Schedule " the licensing authority in relation to a licence under this Act or to an application relating to such a licence, means the licensing authority for the petty sessions area in England or Wales, or the licensing area in Scotland, in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated.

(2)In this Schedule—

• " the appropriate collector of duty " means the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated ;

• " the appropriate fire authority " means the fire authority (within the meaning of the [1947 c. 41.] Fire Services Act 1947) in whose area the relevant premises are or are to be situated ;

• " the appropriate local authority "—

  (a)

  in England and Wales, means the local authority (being the council of a county borough, London borough or county district or the Common Council of the City of London) in whose area the relevant premises are or are to be situated, and

  (b)

  in Scotland, where the relevant premises are or are to be situated in a burgh, means the council of that burgh, and in any other case means the council of the county, and the council of the district, in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated;

• " the appropriate officer of police " means the chief officer of police, or in Scotland, the chief constable, for the police area in which the relevant premises are or are to be situated ;

• " bingo club licence " means a licence under this Act granted in respect of any premises subject to restrictions under paragraph 25 of this Schedule whereby gaming to which Part II of this Act applies on those premises is limited to the playing of bingo ;

• " the clerk to the licensing authority ", where that authority is a committee of the justices acting for a petty sessions area, means the clerks to those justices, or, if there are two or more clerks to those justices, means—

  (a)

  such one of those clerks as the magistrates' courts committee (or, in the case of the inner London area, the committee of magistrates) having power over the appointment of clerks to justices for that area may direct, or

  (b)

  in default of any such direction, any of those clerks ; and

• " the relevant premises ", in relation to a licence under this Act or to an application relating to such a licence, means the premises in respect of which the licence is for the time being in force or the premises to which the application relates, as the case may be.