Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004 No. 310 (N.I. 1))

Notice is hereby given that in exercise of the power conferred on Her by paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c.1) Her Majesty has made the Betting and Gaming (Northern Ireland) Order 2004. The Order makes provision for the relaxation of some legislative controls on betting and gaming, including a change to allow on-course Sunday betting together with new employment protection rights for track betting workers who do not wish to work on Sundays. The Order will also provide for the transfer of responsibility for the grant of bookmaking office licences from courts of summary jurisdiction to county courts.

Copies of the Order may be purchased at an early date from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.

Department for Social Development, Social Policy Unit, Annexe C, Dundonald House, Stormont, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SF.