25(1)In Schedule 1 (Bookmaker's permits, betting agency permits and betting office licences), in paragraph 1(b) the words " or 2 " shall cease to have effect.
(2)In paragraph 2 of that Schedule, in the definition of " appropriate local authority ", for sub-paragraph (b), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(b)in Scotland,
(i)where the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated in an islands area, the council for that area ;
(ii)in any other case, the council for the district within whose area the relevant premises are, or are to be, situated;”.