2004 No. 256 (C. 9)

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Betting and Gaming (2004 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(4) of the Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 20041 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Betting and Gaming (2004 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004.

Appointed day2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 is 7th August 2004 –

a

Article 6;

b

Article 8;

c

Article 9; and

d

in Schedule 4, the entries relating to Articles 32 and 107 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 19852, and Article 12(3) so far as it relates thereto.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 7th June 2004.

Henry JohnstonA senior officer of theDepartment for Social Development

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order appoints 7th August 2004 for the coming into operation of the following provisions –

Article 6 (Conduct of licensed offices),

Article 8 (Gaming machines),

Article 9 (Supplementary provisions with respect to use of gaming machines in licensed offices) and

Article 12(3) which provides for the repeal of certain provisions included in Schedule 4 insofar as they relate to Articles 6 and 8 of the Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.