Betting Act, 1926

Business permitted in registered premises.

15.—(1) It shall be lawful for the registered proprietor of any registered premises, so long as he continues to be a licensed book-maker, to carry on in such premises the business of bookmaking subject, to the provisions of this Act.

(2) No person except the registered proprietor of the premises shall carry on any trade, profession, or business whatsoever on any registered premises.

(3) The registered proprietor of any registered premises shall not carry on nor permit to be carried on in such premises nor permit such premises to be used for the purpose of carrying on any trade, profession or business whatsoever save and except only the business of bookmaking carried on by the registered proprietor.

(4) The registered proprietor of any registered premises shall not set up or maintain in such premises any attraction (other than the mere carrying on of his business of bookmaking) which causes or induces or is likely to cause or induce persons to congregate in or outside such premises.

(5) The Betting Houses Act, 1853, shall not apply to registered premises.

(6) Every person who carries on or permits to be carried on in any registered premises or permits any registered premises to be used for carrying on any trade, profession, or business in contravention of this section or sets up or maintains in any registered premises any attraction in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to an excise penalty of one hundred pounds.