The Horserace Betting Levy (Bookmakers' Committee) Regulations 2003

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     3. The appointment of the Committee shall be for a term of three years, but a person ceasing to be a member on the expiry of his term of office shall not on that account be ineligible for reappointment.

     4. A person may be removed at any time from membership of the Committee by the body by which he was appointed.

     5. Where any vacancy occurs in the membership of the Committee, the body by which the person whose office has been vacated was appointed shall, as soon as practicable, make a fresh appointment to the Committee (that is to say an appointment for a term of three years).

     6. The members of the Committee shall appoint one of their number to be the chairman of the Committee and, subject to his remaining a member of the Committee, he shall hold office as chairman for such period as they may determine and shall be eligible for reappointment as such.

     7. Seven members present (or such larger number of members as the Committee may from time to time determine) shall be a quorum at any meeting of the Committee.

     8. The Horserace Betting Levy (Bookmakers' Committee) Regulations 1999[2] are hereby revoked.


Richard Caborn
Minister of State, Department for Media, Culture and Sport

17th July 2003

[2] S.I. 1999/1468.back