The Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997

Made: 22nd March 1997

Coming into force: 19th April 1997

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.

• (2) This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Interpretation

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In this Order “the 1963 Act” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and “the 1968 Act” means the Gaming Act 1968.

Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to bingo

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• (1) Section 42 of the 1968 Act (restrictions on advertisements relating to gaming)[^f00004] shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In subsection (1), paragraphs (d) and (e), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed.

• (3) Subsection (1A) is hereby repealed.

• (4) After subsection (2)(e) there shall be inserted—

or, (f) gaming in the form of playing bingo

• (5) In subsection (3)—

• (a) the words “other than bingo club premises” in paragraph (a) are hereby repealed; and

• (b) paragraphs (d) to (g), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed.

• (6) Subsections (3A) to (3C) are hereby repealed.

• (7) In subsection (8), the definitions of “bingo club premises”, “inducement”, “multiple bingo” and “relevant premises” are hereby repealed.

Repeals consequential on article 3 above

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In consequence of the amendments made by article 3 above, subsections (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of section 1 of the Bingo Act 1992 are hereby repealed.

Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to licensed betting offices

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• (1) Section 10 of the 1963 Act (conduct of licensed betting offices)[^f00005] shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In subsection (5) (which makes it an offence to publish an advertisement for a licensed betting office other than an advertisement to which subsection (6) applies) after “other than” there shall be inserted “an advertisement published in a material form or”.

• (3) In subsection (6)—

• (a) after “if” there shall be inserted “it is published otherwise than in a material form and”; and

• (b) in paragraph (b), sub-paragraph (iii) (which relates to advertisements in a material form), together with the word “or” preceding it, are hereby repealed.

Repeal of prohibition on encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet

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Paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the 1963 Act (which prohibits the licensee from encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet) is hereby repealed.

Signed

Timothy Kirkhope — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 22nd March 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. It reduces restrictions on business by allowing:

• any advertising of facilities for the game of bingo; and

• advertising of licensed betting facilities where the advertisements are in a material form, for example in a newspaper, journal, circular, letter or poster printed on paper.

Article 3 amends section 42 of the Gaming Act 1968 to remove restrictions on bingo advertising. Article 4 makes certain consequential repeals.

Article 5 amends section 10 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 to allow advertising of licensed betting facilities where the advertisements are in material form.

Article 6 revokes paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to that Act to enable persons on licensed premises to be encouraged to bet.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1963 c. 2.

[^f00002]: 1968 c. 65.

[^f00003]: 1994 c. 40.

[^f00004]: As amended by the Bingo Act 1992 (c. 10).

[^f00005]: As amended by section 2 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1984 (c. 25).