{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-betting-duty-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-betting-duty-regulations-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3088",
  "legislation_title": "The General Betting Duty Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-betting-duty-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Accepting bets",
  "text": "(1) A bookmaker must not accept a bet unless he immediately makes a record of that bet in such form as, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act, the Commissioners have directed.\n(2) In the case of a bet placed by a person who is present, a bookmaker must immediately issue to that person a voucher bearing a record number.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) above applies, the record number must be the same as the number used to identify the bet in the record referred to in paragraph (1) above.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5) below, an on-course bookmaker is not required to comply with paragraphs (1) and (2) above.\n(5) An on-course bookmaker who accepts an off-course bet must in relation to that bet—\n(a) comply with paragraphs (1) and (2) above, and\n(b) except where paragraph (6) below applies, within 7 days of accepting it notify the Commissioners that he has accepted it.\n(6) An on-course bookmaker who has—\n(a) notified the Commissioners that he intends to accept off-course bets, and\n(b) has not subsequently notified the Commissioners that he does not intend to accept off-course bets,\nis not required to comply with paragraph (5)(b) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3088/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:28:58.271442+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."
}