Paragraph 2 Horserace Betting Levy Board: general

(1)

Nothing in this Order affects the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Levy Board before the effective date.

(2)

Anything (including any legal proceedings) which immediately before the effective date is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Levy Board in connection with its assessment or collection functions may be continued on or after that date by or in relation to the Gambling Commission.

(3)

Anything (including any legal proceedings) which immediately before the effective date is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Levy Board in connection with its application functions may be continued on or after that date by or in relation to the designated body.

(4)

Anything done by or in relation to the Levy Board in connection with its assessment or collection functions which has effect immediately before the effective date has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect on or after that date, as if done by or in relation to the Gambling Commission.

(5)

Anything done by or in relation to the Levy Board in connection with its application functions which has effect immediately before the effective date has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect on or after that date, as if done by or in relation to the designated body.

(6)

So far as necessary or appropriate for the purposes of or in consequence of the provision made by article 4, on or after the effective date a reference to (and a reference which is to be read as a reference to) the Levy Board in an enactment, instrument or other document—

(a)

is to be treated as, or as including, a reference to the Gambling Commission in so far as the reference is in connection with the Levy Board’s assessment or collection functions;

(b)

is to be treated as, or as including, a reference to the designated body in so far as the reference is in connection with the Levy Board’s application functions.

(7)

References in this paragraph to the Levy Board’s assessment or collection functions are to its functions under sections 24 to 28 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, and the Horserace Betting Levy Act 1981^f1, other than its application functions.

(8)

References in this paragraph to the Levy Board’s application functions are to its functions under sections 24 to 28 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 to apply the monetary contributions mentioned in section 24(1) of that Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 30.