{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-betting-and-gaming-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110491297",
  "legislation_title": "The Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-betting-and-gaming-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Football pools",
  "text": "(1) In Article 3 of the principal Order (restriction on use of premises for betting transactions)—\n(a) in paragraph (1A)(a) (restriction not to apply to premises where coupons or entry forms for qualifying competitions promoted by a registered pool promoter are delivered) after “post” there shall be inserted “and any of such other means as may be prescribed by regulations”;\n(b) in paragraph (1D)(a) (which defines “qualifying competition” so as to require that forecasts in the competition are made on football games played on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday), the words from “to be played” to “1971” shall be omitted.\n(2) In Article 44(3) of the principal Order (restriction on pool betting not to apply to a registered pool promoter) after “post” there shall be inserted “and any of such other means as may be prescribed by regulations”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491297/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:08.702875+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."
}