{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/betting-and-lotteries-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/betting-and-lotteries-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1893",
  "legislation_title": "The Betting and Lotteries (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/betting-and-lotteries-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Reduction of age limit in relation to football pool betting",
  "text": "(1) After Article 51(4) of the principal Order (betting with young persons) there shall be added—\n“(4A) In any case concerning—\n(a) a bet which is an entry in a qualifying competition (as defined in Article 3(1D)), or\n(b) a betting transaction relating to such a bet,\nthis Article shall have effect with the substitution in paragraphs (1) to (4) of “16” for “ 18 ”.” .\n(2) After Article 52(3) of the principal Order (betting circulars not to be sent to young persons) there shall be added—\n“(4) In any case concerning—\n(a) a bet which is an entry in a qualifying competition (as defined in Article 3(1D)),\n(b) a betting transaction relating to such a bet, or\n(c) information as to any game of association football upon which such betting is carried on,\nthis Article shall have effect with the substitution in paragraphs (1) and (3) of “ 16 ” for “18”.” .\n(3) In column 2 of Schedule 18 to the principal Order, in the entries relating to Articles 51(1) and (2) and 52(1), after the word “18” where it appears there shall be inserted the words “ or, as the case may be, 16 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1893/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:40.848271+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}