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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 21

21.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Ministy of Finance, ...,
may grant to the occupier of an approved horse racecourse a licence (in
this Act referred to as "a totalisator licence"), and while such licence
remains in force it shall be lawful, notwithstanding any enactment or rule of
law to the contrary

(a)for that occupier or any person authorised by him in writing

(i)to set up and keep a totalisator (in this Act referred to as "a licensed
totalisator") whether in a building or not; and

(ii)during such hours as the public are admitted to the horse racecourse for
the purposes of attending horse races lawfully held thereon and while no other
sporting events are taking place thereon, to operate and work, in accordance
with and subject to any regulations made by the Ministry of Home Affairs under
sub-section (5), the licensed totalisator for the purpose of effecting with
persons then resorting to that racecourse betting transactions on the races
run on that racecourse during those hours but not for any other purpose; and

(b)for any person then resorting to the racecourse to effect betting
transactions on such races by means of the licensed totalisator.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section twenty-two a totalisator licence
shall remain in force for a period of twelve months from the date on which it
is granted but the Ministry of Finance, ..., may grant further licences from
time to time.

(3) There shall be charged, levied and paid on every totalisator licence an
excise licence duty of twenty-five pounds and the provisions of [the Act of
1972] shall have effect as if such licence and duty were, respectively, a
transferred excise licence and a transferred excise duty within the meaning of
that Act.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in [sections 18 to 20
of the Act of 1972] with respect to the excise duty known as pool betting duty
no such duty shall be chargeable on any bet made by means of
a licensed totalisator on an approved horse racecourse.

(5) The Ministry of Home Affairs may make regulations containing such
provisions as appear to that Ministry to be necessary for the purposes of
securing

(a)that persons making successful bets on any race or races by means of
a licensed totalisator receive such minimum proportion of the whole amount
staked on the race or races as may be prescribed by the regulations; and

(b)that the provisions of this section and of any regulations made thereunder
are duly complied with in all respects.

(6) Any person who acts in contravention of any regulation made under
sub-section (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

(7) The occupier of an approved horse racecourse

(a)shall not, so long as a licensed totalisator is being lawfully operated on
the racecourse, exclude any person who is a licensed bookmaker within the
meaning of Part I from the racecourse by reason only that such person proposes
to carry on bookmaking on the racecourse; and

(b)shall take such steps as are necessary to secure that, so long as
a licensed totalisator is being lawfully operated on the racecourse, there is
available for any such person on reasonable terms space on the racecourse
where he can conveniently carry on bookmaking in connection with races then
being run on the racecourse;

(8) Regulations made under sub-section (5) shall be subject to negative
resolution.

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