Gambling Regulation Act 2024

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Register of gambling licensees

90. (1) The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after the coming into operation of this section, cause to be established and maintained, in such form as it considers appropriate, a register of licensees to be known as the register of gambling licensees.

(2) The Authority shall enter the information set out in subsection (3) in the register of gambling licensees in respect of each licensee.

(3) Subject to subsection (5), the information referred to in subsection (2) is—

(a) the name of the licensee, the type of gambling licence issued to the licensee, the relevant gambling activity or relevant gambling product or relevant gambling related service specified in the licence and the registration number,

(b) in relation to a gaming licence held by a licensee, each relevant game the licensee may provide pursuant to that licence,

(c) in relation to a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose held by a licensee, where applicable, each game specified in the licence as a relevant gambling activity for a charitable or philanthropic purpose,

(d) the date a gambling licence issued to the licensee and, in accordance with section 108 , the duration for which the licence is to remain in force,

(e) where the licensee trades under a different name to that referred to in paragraph (a), the trading name of the licensee,

(f) where applicable, the name of each relevant officer and each beneficial owner of the licensee,

(g) where the licensee holds an in-person gambling licence, the address of the premises where the relevant gambling activity may be provided,

(h) details of any conviction of a licensee and, where applicable, of a relevant officer or beneficial owner of the licensee for an offence under this Act,

(i) the terms of an advice, caution, warning or reprimand issued to a licensee, under Chapter 4 of Part 8 , in respect of a contravention of a relevant obligation by the licensee and details of the contravention concerned,

(j) where the licensee’s gambling licence is subject to a condition imposed under Part 8 , details of the condition and the contravention in respect of which the condition was imposed,

(k) where the licensee’s gambling licence has been suspended or revoked under this Act, the reason for the suspension or revocation, as the case may be, and in the case of a suspension, the period of operation of such suspension,

(l) subject to subsection (4), details of any decision as to contravention and, where applicable, any administrative sanction which have come into effect in accordance with section 205 , in respect of a licensee,

(m) where a court order, directing a licensee to cease providing a relevant gambling activity or a relevant gambling product or gambling related service, is in force under Part 8 in respect of the licensee, details of the order concerned, and

(n) such other information as the Authority considers appropriate.

(4) The Authority may, for the purposes of entering information referred to in subsection (3)(l) in the register of gambling licensees, redact any particulars which appear to the Authority to—

(a) be commercially sensitive, or

(b) relate to the commission of an offence.

(5) Subject to compliance with the Data Protection Regulation and the Act of 2018, the Authority may, for the purposes of the performance of its functions, retain, for such period as shall be specified in regulations made under subsection (6), in the register of gambling licensees the following information in respect of a former licensee:

(a) information referred to in subsection (3)(h) relating to any conviction under this Act and any order made under section 81 (2);

(b) information referred to in subsection (3)(k) relating to the revocation or suspension of any gambling licence held by that licensee;

(c) information referred to in subsection (3)(l) relating to any decision as to contravention and any administrative sanction which have come into effect.

(6) The Authority shall make regulations to provide for the period in respect of which, and the purpose for which, information referred to in subsection (5) may be retained.

(7) The Authority shall—

(a) make the register of gambling licensees, other than information referred to in subsection (3)(h) and information retained in that register under subsection (5), available, free of charge, for inspection by members of the public at its principal office during normal working hours, and

(b) publish that register, other than information referred to in subsection (3)(h) and information retained in that register under subsection (5), on its website.

(8) The Authority may publish, in such form as it considers appropriate, the information referred to in paragraphs (i), (j), (k), (l) or (m) of subsection (3) in addition to publishing that information by means of the register under subsection (7)(b).

(9) The Authority shall ensure that the register of gambling licensees is kept up to date and is accurate and, for that purpose, the Authority shall make such alterations to that register as it considers necessary.

(10) The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after making an alteration in the register of gambling licensees under subsection (9), give notice in writing of that fact to the licensee to whom the alteration relates unless the alteration was made under that subsection pursuant to a notice received from the licensee under subsection (11).

(11) A licensee shall notify the Authority in writing of an error in an entry in the register of gambling licensees relating to the licensee or of a change in circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of an entry on that register as soon as practicable after he or she becomes aware of the error or change in circumstances.

(12) Every document purporting to be a copy of, or extract from, an entry in the register of gambling licensees and purporting to be certified, either by the chief executive or a member of the staff of the Authority authorised in that behalf by the chief executive, to be a true copy of, or extract from, such entry shall, without proof of the signature of the chief executive or the member of staff concerned, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a true copy of, or extract from, such entry and shall be evidence of the matters stated in such entry.

(13) In this section, “administrative sanction” and “decision as to contravention” have the same meaning as they have in section 198 .