Gaming Act 1968

10 Gaming Board for Great Britain

(1) There shall be established a Board to be known as the Gaming Board for Great Britain (in this Act referred to as " the Board "), consisting of a chairman and other members appointed by the Secretary of State.

(2) The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Board.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Board to keep under review the extent and character of gaming in Great Britain and, in particular, to keep under review the extent, character and location of gaming facilities which—

(a) are for the time being provided on premises in respect of which licences under this Act are for the time being in force, or in respect of which clubs and miners' welfare institutes are for the time being registered under this Part or under Part III of this Act, or

(b) are the subject of applications for the grant or renewal of such licences or such registration,

and to perform such other functions as are assigned to the Board by this Act.

(4) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the [1957 c. 20.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 (bodies of which all members are disqualified under that Act) in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom there shall be inserted at the appropriate point in alphabetical order the entry: " The Gaming Board for Great Britain ".