Gambling - Gambling Commission Consultation on Guidance to Local Authorities

We understand the Gambling Commission will shortly publish a 12 week consultation on a revised Guidance to Local Authorities (GLA) in relation to gambling law.

This arises in part due to the changes to the LCCP upon which we have commented previously and which local authorities can include in their statement of policy consultations.

Interestingly the Gambling Commission is reported as saying, in response to a concern that some Local Authority policy documents will be delayed, that as the GLA is not a prescriptive document and that the final version will not be published until later this year, this should not prevent Local Authorities making changes to their statement of licensing policies.

We will keep you updated - we are grateful to the IOL for the information.