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[InterpretationN.I.
1.—(1) In this Schedule “betting worker” means an employee who, under his contract of employment, is or may be required to do betting work.N.I.
[(2) In this Schedule “betting work” means—
(a)work at a track for a bookmaker on a day on which the bookmaker acts as such at the track, being work which consists of or includes dealing with betting transactions, and
(b)work in a licensed office on a day on which the office is open for use for the effecting of betting transactions.]
(3) In this Schedule “bookmaker” means any person who—
(a)whether on his own account or as servant or agent of any other person carries on, whether occasionally or regularly, the business of receiving or negotiating bets or conducting pool betting operations; or
(b)by way of business in any manner holds himself out, or permits himself to be held out as a person who receives or negotiates bets or conducts such operations.
(4) In this Schedule—
[“commencement date” means—
(a)
in relation to a person who is a betting worker by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(a), the day on which Schedule 1 to the Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 comes into operation;
(b)
in relation to a person who is a betting worker by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b), the day on which section 3 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 comes into operation.]
“notice period”, in relation to an opted-out betting worker, has the meaning given by paragraph 7(3);
“opted-out”, in relation to a betting worker, shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 7(1) and (2);
“opting-in notice”, in relation to a betting worker, has the meaning given by paragraph 2(6);
“opting-out notice”, in relation to a betting worker, has the meaning given by paragraph 6(2); and
“protected”, in relation to a betting worker, shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(1) to (5).
(5) This Schedule shall be construed as one with the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 16), referred to in this Schedule as “the Employment Rights Order”.
(6) Chapter III of Part I of the Employment Rights Order (computation of period of continuous employment) shall have effect for the purposes of this Schedule as it has effect for the purposes of that Order.]
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