SCHEDULE 4U.K. Extension to Northern Ireland of Provisions of Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

Part IU.K. Amendments of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

Administration of betting dutiesU.K.

11(1)In Schedule 1 (betting duties) F1....U.K.

(2)In paragraph 15 of that Schedule—

F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(5)Subject to sub-paragraph (6) below, where under sub-paragraph (1) above a court orders that a betting office licence held by a person in respect of premises in Northern Ireland shall be forfeited and cancelled, no court of summary jurisdiction shall entertain an application by that person for the grant (or provisional grant) of a new betting office licence in respect of those premises or any other premises situated in the same petty sessions district as those premises made less than twelve months after that forfeiture and cancellation.

(6)Sub-paragraph (5) above—

(a)shall not prejudice the right of such a person as is mentioned in that sub-paragraph to seek the renewal of any betting office licence (other than that which is forfeited) which he holds; and

(b)applies notwithstanding anything in Article 12 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.”.

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