Consultation on statement of principles 2010 to 2013

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Consultation on statement of principles 2010 to 2013

Fruit machine The Gambling Act 2005 came into force in September 2007 and gave Tamworth Borough Council new responsibilities for issuing premises licences for betting offices, race tracks, bingo clubs, adult gaming centres and family entertainment centres in the Borough. Permits are also issued for gaming machines in members clubs, licensed premises and unlicensed family entertainment centres.

Our current statement of principles (2007 – 2010) was first published in December 2006 and sets out how the authority exercises its functions under the Act and the principles it applies. The statement provides clarity for licensing applicants and residents. When submitting licence applications, applicants have to consider the statement and show how they will achieve the Government’s three licensing objectives:

Preventing gambling from being a source of crime and disorder, being associated with crime and disorder or being used to support crime
Ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way, and
Protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling.

We are required every three years to carry out a formal review, consultation and republication of our statement of principles. The consultation process must take place before the policy can be reviewed and republished.

The draft revised statement has been prepared in accordance with Guidance issued by the Gambling Commission and will be adopted by the Council only after consideration of responses from this consultation.

We have until the end of the year to publish the revised statement of principles. This statement will last for three years but may be reviewed from time to time.

We want your views

This web page invites you to submit your views on our draft revised Statement of Principles.

We will be consulting widely, including responsible authorities as prescribed in the Act, which include the Staffordshire Police and the Fire and Rescue Authority, Local Planning and Environmental Health, Staffordshire County Council, as well as the Gambling Commission and Customs and Excise. We will also be consulting representatives of existing premises licence and permit holders and other businesses and residents in the area. We also welcome comments and observations from any other person interested in any of the matters covered by our draft statement of principles.

Our draft policy can be accessed by clicking on the link on the right.

The Guidance issued by the Gambling Commission together with other information, can be accessed by clicking on the link on the right.

Responding to this consultation

A consultation feedback form can be downloaded by clicking on the link on the right hand side. Comments and observations on our draft policy may be sent to the Public Health Manager at the address given in the "contact us" section below or by email to:

publicprotection@tamworth.gov.uk

The deadline for receipt of your comments and observations on our draft policy is the 13^th October 2009.

All responses where a name and a postal address have been provided will be taken into consideration and are likely to be made public. If you do not wish your identity to be divulged, please make this clear in your response. It would be useful if respondents also included details of their interest in the Council's licensing function.