The Licensed Betting Offices (Amendment) Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/578
• Sections: 5

Section 1 General

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Licensed Betting Offices (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 6th April 1995.

(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Scotland.

Section 2 General

In these Regulations—

(a) “the 1963 Act ” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963;

(b) “the 1986 Regulations ” means the Licensed Betting Offices Regulations 1986 .

Section 3 Restrictions on Advertisements to which section 10(6)(b) of the 1963 Act Applies

The words “or which consists of, or includes, any moving display or moving image” in paragraph (1)(c) of regulation 4 of the 1986 Regulations shall be omitted.

Section 4 Restrictions on Advertisements to which section 10(6)(b) of the 1963 Act Applies

In regulation 5(2) of the 1986 regulations—

(a) the word “and” in sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;

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

(d) text indicating the facilities afforded to persons resorting to the licensed betting office concerned;

(e) text indicating the range of bets available in the licensed betting office concerned; and

(f) text providing information relating to any event in connection with which betting transactions may be or have been effected in the licensed betting office concerned, including information as to the odds available on any particular event.

Section 5 Notices in Licensed Betting Offices

The words “, but not in such a place that the notice exhibited can be read from outside those premises,” in paragraph (2) of regulation 7 of the 1986 Regulations shall be omitted.