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Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 (c. 58)

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Betting and Lotteries Act 1934

1934 CHAPTER 58 24_and_25_Geo_5

An Act to amend the law with respect to betting on tracks where sporting events take place, including the law with respect to totalisators on horse racecourses; to authorise, subject to restrictions, the establishment of totalisators on dog racecourses; to prohibit betting on tracks with young persons and pari mutuel betting except by authorised totalisators; to amend the law with respect to lotteries and certain prize competitions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[16th November 1934]

Part I

1—20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–24, 25(3)–32, 33(2), Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2), Sch. 8

Part II Lotteries and Prize Competitions

21—24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–24, 25(3)–32, 33(2), Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2), Sch. 8

25 Amendment of the law with respect to, and saving for, lotteries of Art Unions

(1)The power of His Majesty under section one of the M1Art Unions Act 1846 to revoke or annul the charter, deed or other instrument under which an Art Union has been constituted may be exercised by His Majesty at any time upon a recommendation from the President of the Board of Trade that it is desirable for His Majesty so to do, and it shall not be necessary to the exercise of that power that there should have been given such a certificate as is mentioned in the said section.

(2)In the case of an Art Union constituted under a deed or other instrument, not being a charter, the power of annulment referred to in the foregoing subsection may be exercised also by the President of the Board of Trade or, in his absence, by a Secretary of State, if, in the opinion of the President or Secretary of State, as the case may be, it is expedient, having regard to the circumstances, that immediate action be taken in the matter.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–24, 25(3)–32, 33(2), Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2), Sch. 8

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Functions of President of Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State concurrently with President of Board of Trade: S.I. 1970/1537

Marginal Citations

M11846 c. 48.

26—28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–24, 25(3)–32, 33(2), Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2), Sch. 8