6(1)A licensing authority may refuse an application for a permit only on one or more of the following grounds (having regard to the matters mentioned in paragraph 27)—E+W+S
(a)that the applicant is not—
(i)in the case of an application for a club gaming permit, a members' club or a miners' welfare institute, or
(ii)in the case of an application for a club machine permit, a members' club, a commercial club or a miners' welfare institute,
(b)that the premises on which the applicant conducts its activities are used wholly or mainly by children, by young persons or by both,
(c)that an offence, or a breach of a condition of a permit, has been committed in the course of gaming activities carried on by the applicant,
(d)that a permit held by the applicant has been cancelled during the period of ten years ending with the date of the application, or
(e)that an objection to the application has been made under paragraph 4.
(2)If a licensing authority are satisfied in relation to an application for a permit of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), they shall refuse the application.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 para. 6 excluded (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 88(2) (with art. 12(4), (5), (7)-(9), Sch. 4 paras. 89-93)
C2Sch. 12 para. 6 excluded (1.1.2007) by The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 80(1), (2) (with art. 12(2)-(5), Sch. 4 paras. 81-85) (as amended (29.4.2007) by S.I. 2007/1157, art. 12(2)(a))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 6 in force at 21.5.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as amended by SI 2007/1157, art. 3(3), 4(2))
I2Sch. 12 para. 6 in force at 1.8.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(3A), Sch. 3A (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/1157, arts. 3(4), 6, Sch. 2)
I3Sch. 12 para. 6 in force at 1.9.2007 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)