Introductory text

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 14(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Regulatory Reform

Betting, Gaming And Lotteries

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006^f1.

For the purposes of section 3(1) and (3) of that Act, the Secretary of State considers that the conditions under section 3(2) (where relevant) and (4) of that Act are satisfied.

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 13(1) of that Act.

The Secretary of State has laid a draft Order and explanatory document before Parliament in accordance with section 14(1) of that Act.

Pursuant to section 15(1) of that Act, the affirmative resolution procedure (within the meaning given by section 17 of that Act) applies in relation to the making of this Order.

In accordance with section 17(2) of that Act, the draft Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision^f2.

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Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 51. Sections 1(6) and 13(1) were amended by S.I. 2007/1388. See section 32 for the definition of “Minister of the Crown”.
f2: The expression “40-day period” is defined in section 16(7)(b) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.