(1)[F1The Levy Board] may for the purposes of this Part of this Act issue (subject to such conditions as they may impose) in respect of any ground used for the purpose of a racecourse for racing with horses and any ground adjacent thereto a certificate of their approval of that ground as a horse racecourse, and the Board may at any time revoke any such certificate issued by them.
(2)[F1The Levy Board] shall make it a condition of the grant of such a certificate of approval of any ground as a horse racecourse that the persons having the management of that racecourse shall provide a place, whether in a building or not, where bookmakers may carry on their business and to which the public may resort for the purpose of betting, and that the charge to a bookmaker and to any assistant accompanying him for admission to an enclosure on the racecourse for the purpose of the bookmaker’s business shall, in the case of the bookmaker, not exceed five times the amount, and, in the case of a bookmaker’s assistant, not exceed the amount, of the highest charge made to members of the public for admission to that enclosure.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted with saving by Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972 (c. 69), s. 5(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 “The Levy Board” means the Horserace Betting Levy Board established in accordance with s. 24 of this Act