# The Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985—
(a) to enable on-course betting to take place on Sunday and to provide for the rights of betting workers in relation to Sunday working;
(b) to transfer the grant of bookmaking office licences from courts of summary jurisdiction to county courts;
(c) to relax the restrictions on licensed bookmaking offices;
(d) to allow on-course bookmakers to take bets on any event and have permanent structures for bookmaking on licensed tracks and to allow track occupiers certain bookmaking interests on their own tracks;
(e) to reduce the waiting period for non-sporting clubs seeking registration to one year;
(f) to allow gaming machines in licensed bookmaking offices and to relax the restrictions on gaming machines in other premises;
(g) to provide for the grant of a new amusement permit which permits a cash-only machine which gives maximum prizes of £25 in premises to which children have restricted access;
(h) to allow advertising of bingo; and
(i) to make other minor amendments to that Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491297/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-betting-and-gaming-northern-ireland-order-2004/note
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