Where an officer takes any action in pursuance of instructions of the Commissioners or a Collector of Customs and Excise given in connection with the enforcement of the enactments relating to general betting duty, bingo duty or the duty on gaming licences or [F1amusement machine licences] and, apart from the provisions of this section, the officer would in taking that action be committing an offence under the enactments relating to betting or gaming, he shall not be guilty of that offence.
Extent Information
E1S. 31 did not extend to Northern Ireland see s. 35(3) as originally enacted; s. 31 extends to Northern Ireland by 1986 c. 41, s. 6, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 10 except in application to enactments relating to gaming machine licences see s. 35(3)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 31 substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 9(1).