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Explanatory Memorandum to Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Commencement

10.Articles 1 (title and commencement) and 2 (interpretation) will come into effect on 19 February 2004.

11.The following provisions will come into operation on 26 February 2004:

  • Article 3 (football pools);

  • Article 4 and Schedule 1 (betting on tracks);

  • Article 11 (advertisement of bingo);

  • Article 12(1) and (2) (minor amendments); and

  • the repeals relating to the above contained in Article 12(3) and Schedule 4.

12.The following provisions will come into operation by commencement order:

  • Article 5(1) together with Schedules 2 and 3 (the transfer of responsibility for the grant of bookmaking office licences from courts of summary jurisdiction to county courts);

  • Article 6 (conduct of bookmaking offices);

  • Articles 8 to 10 (gaming machines, supplementary provisions with respect to the use of gaming machines in bookmaking offices and amusement permits; and

  • the repeals relating to the above contained in Article 12(3) and Schedule 4.

13.The remaining provisions of the Order will come into operation on 12 May 2004.

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