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Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

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7(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a licence shall be expressed to take effect—

(a)on the first day of the period for which it is granted, or

(b)on the fourteenth day after the date of the application,

whichever is the later.

(2)Where a licence would otherwise, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, be expressed to take effect on the fourteenth day after the date of the application it may, if the Commissioners think fit, be expressed to take effect earlier than that day, but in no case earlier than the day following that date.

(3)A whole-year licence shall expire at the end of 30th September next after the date on which it is expressed to take effect; and a half-year licence shall expire at the end of 31st March or, as the case may be, 30th September next after that date.

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