Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972

1 New corporate powers for Totalisator Board. E+W+S

(1) The Totalisator Board shall have power—

(a) to carry on pool betting business in any form—

(i) on any horse race;

(ii) on any other event approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph;

[F1 (b) by way of business to receive or negotiate bets on any event made otherwise than by way of pool betting, except bets on the outcome of any lottery forming part of the National Lottery for the purposes of Part I of the M1 National Lottery etc. Act 1993.]

(2) Any approval for the purposes of paragraph (a) F2 . . .of subsection (1) of this section shall be given by order made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and the power to make orders under this subsection shall include power to vary or revoke a previous order under this subsection.

(3) In its application to pool betting by means of facilities provided by the Totalisator Board, section 14(3) of the Act of 1963 (which requires the Board when bets on a race or races are made by way of sponsored pool betting to cause the whole of the aggregate amount of the stake money to be distributed after deducting a percentage determined by the Board either generally or with respect to any particular racecourse) shall have effect as if—

(a) references to a race included references to any event other than a race; and

(b) for the words “either generally or with respect to any particular racecourse” there were substituted the words “either generally or with respect to any particular case or class of cases.”

(4) Nothing in section 14(5) of the Act of 1963 (which gives the Board power to remunerate and provide facilities for persons who negotiate, receive or transmit bets on behalf of the Board) shall be construed as limiting the power which the Board have under section 15(1)(d) of that Act (general incidental powers) to make arrangements of any kind for the performance of any of their functions with the assistance of, or in conjunction with, any other person.

(5) In section 14(1) of the Act of 1963 (which confers on the Board power and the exclusive right to undertake a range of activities more limited than those specified in subsection (1) of this section) for the words “shall have power and the exclusive right” there shall be substituted the words “shall have the exclusive right”.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1(1)(b) substituted (27.2.1997) by 1997 c. 1, s. 1(2)

F2 Words in s. 1(2) repealed (22.2.1997) by 1997 c. 1, s. 1(3)

F3 S. 1(6) repealed by Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (c. 63, SIF 12:2). s. 34(2), Sch. 7

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 1(5) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1993 c. 39.