Finance Act 1986

11 (1) In Schedule 1 (betting duties) in paragraph 7 (production of records) after the words "Act 1963" there shall be inserted the words "or Schedule 8 to the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985".

(2) In paragraph 15 of that Schedule—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2) after the words "England or Wales" there shall be inserted the words "or Northern Ireland";

(b) in sub-paragraph (4) after the word "premises" there shall be inserted the words "in England, Wales or Scotland"; and

(c) after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6) below, where under sub-paragraph (1) above a court orders that a betting office licence held by a person in respect of premises in Northern Ireland shall be forfeited and cancelled, no court of summary jurisdiction shall entertain an application by that person for the grant (or provisional grant) of a new betting office licence in respect of those premises or any other premises situated in the same petty sessions district as those premises made less than twelve months after that forfeiture and cancellation.

(6) Sub-paragraph (5) above—

(a) shall not prejudice the right of such a person as is mentioned in that sub-paragraph to seek the renewal of any betting office licence (other than that which is forfeited) which he holds; and

(b) applies notwithstanding anything in Article 12 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.”.