Goods and information society services related to the provision of gambling

Gambling Commission Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice

This notification relates to amendments to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice issued by the Gambling Commission in June 2007 under the Gambling Act 2005 ("the 2005 Act"). It is a condition of all gambling licences issued by the Gambling Commission that the licensee complies with the Gambling Commission Licence Conditions issued under section 75 of the 2005 Act, and its Social Responsibility Code issued under sections 24 and 82 of that Act. The Conditions and Code provisions vary depending on whether the licence is for remote (defined in section 4 of the Act and including information society services) or non-remote (i.e. on premises) gambling services. They also vary according to the type of licence under section 65 of the 2005 Act.The amendments provide improvements to ensure that the licensing objective of keeping crime out of gambling is upheld, and in particular to ensure that remote (online) casinos follow appropriate procedures to deter and detect money-laundering.