Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2047 (S.169)

The Gaming (Records of Cheques) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

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1991 No. 2047 (S.169)

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming (Records of Cheques) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22(1)(b) and (c) and 51 of the Gaming Act 1968^[1] and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain in accordance with section 51(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming (Records of Cheques) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.

    (2)  These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Keeping of records on premises or computer
    2.    After paragraph (2) of regulation 3 of the Gaming (Records of Cheques) (Scotland) Regulations 1988^[2], there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
"  (3)  The licensee shall—
(a) keep any record made under regulation 4, 5 or 6 below with respect to a gaming cheque or a substitute cheque on the premises in respect of which the record is made during the period of 3 years referred to in paragraph (2) above; or

(b) where the record is kept by means of a computer, secure that, during that period, that record is accessible from those premises and that the information comprised in the record can readily be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible." .

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

5th September 1991

These Regulations, which amend the Gaming (Records of Cheques) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 "The 1988 Regulations", provide that any record of a gaming cheque or substitute cheque which is required by the 1988 Regulations to be retained by a licensee for a period of three years shall, during that period, be kept on the licensed premises or, where the record is kept by means of a computer, be accessible from those premises and provide information which can be taken away and which is visible and legible.

[1] 1968 c. 65; subsection 1(b) was amended by section 2 of the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 11), and subsection (1)(c) was inserted by section 1 of, and paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26). back

[2] S.I. 1988/1416. back