AI Summary of 125. Investigation, etc. by officers.
The provision empowers authorised officers to access public venues housing amusement machines for inspection purposes. This authority facilitates comprehensive searches and investigations to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
Officers are permitted to scrutinise relevant documentation, including electronic data, which may pertain to the operation and management of these machines. Such measures underscore the commitment to regulatory diligence and the safeguarding of fair play within the amusement industry.
125. Investigation, etc. by officers.
Amendments (requiring commencement) by s. 63 of the Finance Act 2025 (No. 18), published 23 December 2025.
An officer may, at all reasonable times, enter any public place in which amusement machines are, or are believed by such officer to be available for play and may there make such search and investigation as such officer shall think proper, and may inspect and take copies or extracts from any books or other documents or any information in the form of computerised data there found relating to, or believed by such officer to relate to, amusement machines.