(This note is not part of the Order)

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.