Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1985
| Year | 1985 |
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries(Amendment) Act 1985
1985 CHAPTER 18
An Act to remove restrictions under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1963 to 1984 as to the occasions on which betting may take place on racecourses and other tracks and as to the events in connection with which betting may take place on dog racecourses; and to make further provision with respect to the operation of totalisators on such racecourses.
[9th May 1985]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Removal of restrictions as to betting on racecourses etc.
1. The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act (which impose restrictions as to the occasions on which betting may take place on racecourses and other tracks, and as to the events in connection with which betting may take place on dog racecourses) are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column 3 of the Schedule.
2 Operation of totalisators on dog racecourses.
(1) The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In section 16(1) (totalisators on dog racecourses which are licensed tracks), after ‘that totalisator shall’ there shall be inserted ‘on any day’.
(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 (matters to be specified by operator of totalisator in notice posted on racecourse), at the end of sub-paragraph (b ) there shall be inserted ‘; and
(c ) specify such other particulars of the said terms as may be prescribed.’.
(4) After paragraph 4 of that Schedule there shall be inserted—
4A
‘4A. The terms on which the operator invites persons to bet on any race or combination of races on the track by means of the totalisator may include a condition that, in the event of there being no winning bets on that race or those races, the aggregate amount staked thereon by way of bets made by means of the totalisator (less any deductions made in pursuance of paragraph 4(a ) of this Schedule) shall be carried over to a subsequent race or combination of races on the track by being added to the aggregate amount staked thereon by way of bets so made; and nothing in section 16(1) of this Act shall be construed...
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