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The Horserace Totalisator Board (Extension of Powers) Order 1996 in England

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

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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 1972f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 69.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

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.