3.—(1) Schedule 8A to the 1985 Order (rights of betting workers as regards Sunday working) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
“(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 paragraph 1 in sub-paragraph (4) for the definition of “commencement date” substitute—
““commencement date” means—
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;
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.”
(4) In paragraph 8(4), in the prescribed form, after the words “at the track” insert “or in a licensed office on a Sunday on which it is open for business”.
(5) In Article 53B of the 1985 Order (Sunday observance) at the end insert “or having effected a betting transaction on a non-sporting event at a licensed office which is open on a Sunday.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 in operation at 27.4.2022, see s. 17(2)