Gambling - Commission Published Consultation Response on Fees

As previously reported, on 1^st September the Commission published a document detailing their views on a number of Gaming related fees and invited comment from stakeholders on the approach detailed therein.

Following the close of the consultation process in October the Commission have now published a summary of the responses and also set out there conclusions and proposed next steps.

A copy of the collated response can be found here.

Amongst the proposed next steps includes a recommendation that the Commission intends to propose to the Secretary of State includes a proposal to move from a fee based on the number of venues operated by a Licensee to a fee based upon the gross gaming yield.

A conclusion to these discussions between the Commission and the Government are expected to be reflected in regulations expected to take effect in April 2017.

We shall keep you updated.