Finance Act, 1998
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Amendment of section 21 (hours of business in registered premises) of Betting Act, 1931 . |
85.— Section 21 (1) of the Betting Act, 1931 , is hereby amended as on and from the 1st day of April, 1999, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): | |
“(1) Registered premises shall not be opened or kept open for the transaction of business at any time on any Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Sunday and in the case of any other day— | ||
(a) from the 1st day of September in any year to the 31st day of March in the following year, at any time before the hour of seven o'clock in the morning and after the hour of half past six o'clock in the evening of such other day, and | ||
(b) from the 1st day of April in any year to the 31st day of August in that year, at any time before the hour of seven o'clock in the morning and after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening of such other day.”. |