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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c.2)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

1963 CHAPTER 2

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Betting

    1. General restrictions on betting

      1. 1. Restriction on use of premises for betting transactions with persons resorting thereto

      2. 2. Restriction on bookmaking except under bookmaker’s permit

      3. 3. Agent of bookmaker or Totalisator Board to be authorised and registered

      4. 4. Restriction of pool betting

      5. 5. Restriction of betting on tracks

      6. 6. Restriction of bookmaking on tracks

      7. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      8. 8. Prohibition of betting in streets and public places

    2. Licensed betting offices

      1. 9. Betting office licences and betting agency permits

      2. 10. Conduct of licensed betting offices

      3. 10A. Cancellation of betting office licence

    3. Special provisions with respect to bookmaker’s and betting agency permits

      1. 11. Cancellation of and disqualification for bookmaker’s or betting agency permit

    4. The Totalisator Board and pool betting on horse races

      1. 12. Horserace Totalisator Board

      2. 13. Approval of horse racecourses by Totalisator Board

      3. 14. Functions of Totalisator Board with respect to betting on horse races

      4. 15. Additional powers and duties of Totalisator Board

    5. Special provisions with respect to licensed tracks

      1. 16. Totalisators on licensed tracks

      2. 16A. Licensing of inter-track betting schemes

      3. 17. Special rights of occupier of licensed track where totalisator is operated

      4. 18. Charges to bookmakers on licensed tracks

      5. 19. Occupiers of licensed tracks not to have an interest in bookmaking thereon

      6. 20. Saving for right of occupier of licensed track to prohibit betting

    6. Special provisions with respect to young persons

      1. 21. Betting with young persons

      2. 22. Betting circulars not to be sent to young persons

    7. Power of entry on tracks

      1. 23. Power of entry on tracks

    8. Contributions for benefit of horse racing by bookmakers and Totalisator Board

      1. 24. Horserace Betting Levy Board

      2. 25. General powers and duties of Levy Board

      3. 26. Bookmakers’ Committee

      4. 27. Bookmakers’ levy schemes

      5. 28. Assessment of or exemption from bookmakers’ levy

      6. 29. Levy appeal tribunals

      7. 30. Contributions by Totalisator Board

    9. Accounts and reports of Levy Board and Totalisator Board

      1. 31. Accounts of, and reports by, Levy Board and Totalisator Board

    10. Betting workers: Sunday working

      1. 31A. Rights of betting workers as respects Sunday working

  2. Part II

    Gaming

    1. 32—39... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 40. References in other Acts to gaming or unlawful games

  3. Part III

    1. 41—47... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    1. 48—50... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part V

    General

    1. 51. Search warrants

    2. 52. Penalties and forfeitures

    3. 53. Offences by bodies corporate

    4. 54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 55. Interpretation, etc.—general

    6. 56. Consequential amendments in other Acts

    7. 57. Repeals and savings

    8. 58. Short title, extent and commencement

  6. SCHEDULE 1

    Bookmaker’s Permits, Betting Agency Permits and Betting Office Licences

  7. SCHEDULE 2

    Registered Pool Promoters

  8. SCHEDULE 3

    Licensing of Tracks for Betting

  9. SCHEDULE 4

    Rules for Licensed Betting Offices

  10. SCHEDULE 5

    Totalisators on Dog Racecourses

  11. SCHEDULE 5A

    Rights of Betting Workers as Respects Sunday Working

  12. SCHEDULE 5ZA

    LICENSING OF INTER-TRACK BETTING SCHEMES

  13. SCHEDULE 6

  14. SCHEDULE 7

  15. SCHEDULE 8

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to betting, gaming, lotteries and connected matters.

[28th February 1963]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act applied (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 233(5), 243

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