7.—(1) Paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 to the 1963 Act (requirement on the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament report containing statistical information about bookmakers’ permits, betting agency permits and betting office licences) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For the words “period of twelve months ending with 31st May in any year” there shall be substituted “relevant period”.
(3) At the end there shall be added—
“(2) In this paragraph “relevant period” means the period of three years beginning with 1st June 1997 and each successive period of three years.”;
and the existing provisions of paragraph 37 as amended by paragraph (2) above shall constitute sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph.