Deregulation (Football Pools) Order 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1997/1073 |
| Year | 1997 |
1997 No. 1073
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Football Pools) Order 1997
Made 22th March 1997
Coming into force 19th April 1997
Whereas—
(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that a provision of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 19631, which is the subject of this Order, imposes burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending the provision concerned it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;
(b) he has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19942and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;
(e) the Secretary of State has had regard to the representations made during that period;
(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of such representations; and
(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Football Pools) 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.
Amendment of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963
2. In section 1(4D) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 19633(which defines a “qualifying competition” so as to require that the forecasts in the competition are made on football games played on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday), in paragraph (a), the words “to be played on a Saturday, a Sunday or a day that is a bank holiday in England and Wales or in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971” are hereby repealed.
Timothy Kirkhope
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
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