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90896

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why intellectual property relating to gambling software, often owned by separate companies which in turn license that software, rather than by the direct software developers or gambling operators, remains a determinant of a gambling licence requirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Intellectual property relating to gambling software is only one of the factors that is relevant to understanding where control of the product sits. There are also other factors that are relevant when considering who needs a gambling software licence for example who is responsible for the design and functionality of the software and what the contract says in terms of responsibilities and liabilities. One relevant activity caught by Section 41 of the Gambling Act 2005 is adaptation, and so the person who actually undertakes that adaptation will need to be licensed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby grouped question UIN HL1823 question first answered 22/09/2014 13:55:31 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90897

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why, in the light of the Gambling Commission’s guidance, a software developer owning intellectual property in gambling software requires a licence if it amends the software, whereas a gambling operator owning the intellectual property in gambling software which sub-contracts the amendment of that software to another company does not.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Intellectual property relating to gambling software is only one of the factors that is relevant to understanding where control of the product sits. There are also other factors that are relevant when considering who needs a gambling software licence for example who is responsible for the design and functionality of the software and what the contract says in terms of responsibilities and liabilities. One relevant activity caught by Section 41 of the Gambling Act 2005 is adaptation, and so the person who actually undertakes that adaptation will need to be licensed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby grouped question UIN HL1822 question first answered 22/09/2014 13:55:30 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90898

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the Gambling Commission’s guidance on licensing; and in particular whether they consider that it is clear in respect of who will need a licence and which activities will need to be licensed.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission is the expert body on gambling licensing and it is for the Commission to determine the best way to achieve the desired policy outcomes and what advice and guidance it is appropriate to offer the regulated industry.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:53:29 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90899

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which provisions of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 enable the sharing of information received by the Gambling Commission with overseas regulators, where such information is not required for an overseas criminal investigation or overseas criminal proceedings.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 does not affect existing position in respect of the Gambling Commission’s ability to share information with overseas regulators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:52:34 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

90900

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what type of information the Gambling Commission intends to share with overseas regulators.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The type of information that the Gambling Commission may share with overseas regulators in the course of carrying out its licensing and regulatory functions will depend on the circumstances. Of course, all information is shared subject to generally applicable legal requirements such as those arising under data protection law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 13:51:30 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft