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

Licensed bookmaking offices

  • add licensed bookmaking offices to the list of premises in which gaming machines may be operated (paragraph (2)(a));

  • restrict the number of gaming machines in use in a licensed bookmaking office to a maximum of two and give the Department for Social Development power to vary this limit by an order subject to affirmative resolution (paragraph (2)(b));

  • require the use of these machines to be subject to the same conditions as currently apply to gaming machines in prescribed liquor licensed premises (the bar areas of public houses and licensed hotels) including a maximum prize of up to £25 (paragraph (2)(e));

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