The Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1074
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the 1963 Act ” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and “the 1968 Act ” means the Gaming Act 1968.

Section 3 Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to bingo

(1) Section 42 of the 1968 Act (restrictions on advertisements relating to gaming) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), paragraphs (d) and (e), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed.

(3) Subsection (1A) is hereby repealed.

(4) After subsection (2)(e) there shall be inserted—

or,

(f) gaming in the form of playing bingo

(5) In subsection (3)—

(a) the words “other than bingo club premises” in paragraph (a) are hereby repealed; and

(b) paragraphs (d) to (g), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed.

(6) Subsections (3A) to (3C) are hereby repealed.

(7) In subsection (8), the definitions of “bingo club premises”, “inducement”, “multiple bingo” and “relevant premises” are hereby repealed.

Section 4 Repeals consequential on article 3 above

In consequence of the amendments made by article 3 above, subsections (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of section 1 of the Bingo Act 1992 are hereby repealed.

Section 5 Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to licensed betting offices

(1) Section 10 of the 1963 Act (conduct of licensed betting offices) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (5) (which makes it an offence to publish an advertisement for a licensed betting office other than an advertisement to which subsection (6) applies) after “other than” there shall be inserted “an advertisement published in a material form or”.

(3) In subsection (6)—

(a) after “if” there shall be inserted “it is published otherwise than in a material form and”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), sub-paragraph (iii) (which relates to advertisements in a material form), together with the word “or” preceding it, are hereby repealed.

Section 6 Repeal of prohibition on encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the 1963 Act (which prohibits the licensee from encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet) is hereby repealed.