Section 63 Gaming contracts.

United Kingdom

(1)

No contract to which this section applies shall be void or unenforceable by reason of—

(a)

section 18 of the M1Gaming Act 1845, section 1 of the M2Gaming Act 1892 or any corresponding provisions in force in Northern Ireland; or

(b)

any rule of the law of Scotland whereby a contract by way of gaming or wagering is not legally enforceable.

(2)

This section applies to any contract entered into by either or each party by way of business and the making or performance of which by either party constitutes an activity which falls within paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to this Act or would do so apart from Parts III and IV of that Schedule.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1845 c. 109.
M2: 1892 c. 9.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.12.2001) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3649), arts. 1, 3(1)(c) (with savings in art. 292)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1: Pt. I (ss. 1-128) amended (S.) (22.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/121, regs. 1, 37, Sch. 2
C2: Pt. I (ss. 1–128): power to modify conferred (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 89, 124(3), Sch. 14 para. 9(c)

Notes on Chapter V

Modifications

C1: Chapters III–XI (ss. 7–111): certain functions transferred by S.I. 1990/354, art. 5