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This Order amends the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985—
(a)to enable on-course betting to take place on Sunday and to provide for the rights of betting workers in relation to Sunday working;
(b)to transfer the grant of bookmaking office licences from courts of summary jurisdiction to county courts;
(c)to relax the restrictions on licensed bookmaking offices;
(d)to allow on-course bookmakers to take bets on any event and have permanent structures for bookmaking on licensed tracks and to allow track occupiers certain bookmaking interests on their own tracks;
(e)to reduce the waiting period for non-sporting clubs seeking registration to one year;
(f)to allow gaming machines in licensed bookmaking offices and to relax the restrictions on gaming machines in other premises;
(g)to provide for the grant of a new amusement permit which permits a cash-only machine which gives maximum prizes of £25 in premises to which children have restricted access;
(h)to allow advertising of bingo; and
(i)to make other minor amendments to that Order.
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