Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1969

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Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1969

1969 CHAPTER 17

An Act to amend the provisions of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 in relation to the maximum percentage which may be deducted by the operator from amounts staked on the totalisator.

[16th May 1969]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1Amendment of Act of 1963 c. 2.

The [1963 c. 2.] Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall have effect as if in paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 5, after the words " six per cent " there were inserted the words " or such other percentage as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument " and as if at the end of paragraph 3 of that Schedule there were inserted the following:—

Any power conferred by this paragraph to make an order shall include power to vary or revoke the order by subsequent order.

2Short title and citation.

This Act may be cited as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1969 and this Act and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 may be cited together as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1963 and 1969.