Finance Act 2014
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Amendment of section 21 of Betting Act 1931 (hours of business of registered premises) | ||
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54. The Betting Act 1931 is amended by substituting the following section for section 21: | ||
“21. (1) Registered premises shall not be opened or kept open for the transaction of business— | ||
(a) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday, or | ||
(b) before 7 o’clock in the morning or after 10 o’clock in the evening on any other day. | ||
(2) If, in relation to a registered premises, subsection (1) is contravened, the registered proprietor of those premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.”. |