Section 29J: Betting and gaming software
This section is inserted by Finance Act 2023, section 35.
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
29J. Betting and gaming software
(1) A person who supplies or provides maintenance
services on gaming machines, limited payout machines or
amusement machine or gaming software licensed with the
Authority, shall hold a Manufacturer of gaming machines,
limited payout machines or amusement machines licence or
Supplier of betting and gaming software licence, as the case
may be.
(2) No licence under subsection (1) shall be issued
unless –
(a) the applicant is a company; and
(b) the appropriate licence fee as may be
prescribed is paid to the Authority.
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(3) An application for a licence under subsection (1)
shall be made in such form and manner as the Board may
determine.
(4) A licence issued under this section shall be
subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may
determine.
(i) in section 31(1), by repealing paragraph (q);
(j) in section 34(2), by deleting the word “racecourse” wherever it
appears and replacing it by the words “approved racecourse”;
(k) in section 44(2), by deleting the words “at the racecourse” and
replacing them by the words “at any approved racecourse”;
(l) in section 46, by repealing subsection (2) and replacing it by
the following subsection –
(2) No bookmaker shall accept deposits from
members of the public for the purpose of placing bets with
him, unless the applicant holds a licence to operate as –
(a) a bookmaker operating through remote
communication; or
(b) a totalisator operator,
on such terms and conditions as the Board may approve.
(m) in section 49 –
(i) by inserting, after subsection (2), the following new
subsection –
(2A) An application for the registration, or
renewal of registration, of a bookmaker’s clerk shall
be accompanied by the non-refundable processing fee
specified in Part I of the Sixth Schedule.
(ii) by repealing subsection (4) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(4) (a) Every bookmaker’s clerk shall, at
all times in the course of his employment, has in his
possession his identification card issued by the Board.
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(b) A duplicate of an identification card
shall be issued on payment of the fee specified in Part I
of the Sixth Schedule.
(n) in section 91, by repealing subsections (6), (7) and (8);
(o) by adding the following new section –