SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Transfer from Gaming Board to Gambling Commission: Supplementary Provision

Section 21

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In this Schedule—

  • “the Board” means the Gaming Board for Great Britain,

  • “commencement” means the coming into force of section 21, and

  • “the Commission” means the Gambling Commission.

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Anything done by or in relation to the Board which has effect immediately before commencement shall, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after commencement, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Commission.

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Anything (including any legal proceedings) which immediately before commencement is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Board may be continued by or in relation to the Commission.

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So far as necessary or appropriate in consequence of section 21, on and after commencement a reference to the Board in an enactment, instrument or other document shall be treated as a reference to the Commission.

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Section 21(2) shall operate in relation to rights and liabilities—

a

whether or not they would otherwise be capable of being transferred by the Board, and

b

without any instrument or other formality being required.

2

In so far as section 21(2) transfers to the Commission liabilities under contracts of employment nothing in that section or this Schedule shall affect the operation of—

a

the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/1794), or

b

regulations under section 38 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26) (replication of the TUPE regulations).