# The Horserace Totalisator Board (Extension of Powers) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/2906 · made 19 November 1996

This Order extends the corporate powers of the Horserace Totalisator Board so as to enable it, by way of business, to receive or negotiate fixed odds bets on the outcome of any lottery conducted outside the United Kingdom.

Made under: Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972 (Section 1)

## Introductory text

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made 19th November 1996
Laid before Parliament 27th November 1996
Coming into force 20th December 1996
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(1)(b) and (2) of the Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Horserace Totalisator Board (Extension of Powers) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th December 1996.

## 2 

The outcome of any lottery conducted outside the United Kingdom is an event approved for the purposes of section 1(1)(b) of the Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972.

## Signature

Timothy Kirkhope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
19th November 1996

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order extends the corporate powers of the Horserace Totalisator Board so as to enable it, by way of business, to receive or negotiate fixed odds bets on the outcome of any lottery conducted outside the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2906 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/horserace-totalisator-board-extension-of-powers-order-1996
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