Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019

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Amendment of Betting Act 1931

26. Section 6 (inserted by section 12 of the Betting (Amendment) Act 2015 ) of the Betting Act 1931 is amended as follows:

(a) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(dd) a body corporate that has been dissolved, and of which the applicant was at any time a relevant officer—

(i) unreasonably refused to pay sums due to persons who won bets made with the body corporate,

(ii) unreasonably refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the body corporate, in circumstances where the body corporate unreasonably refused to pay sums due to such persons.”;

(b) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after paragraph (h)(ii):

“(iii) unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the applicant, in circumstances where the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons.”;

(c) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (i):

“(i) in the case of an applicant who holds or formerly held a remote bookmaker’s licence—

(i) the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons who won bets made with the applicant,

(ii) the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the applicant, in circumstances where the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons.”;

(d) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (j):

“(j) in the case of an applicant who holds or formerly held a remote betting intermediary’s licence—

(i) the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons who won bets made by means of facilities provided by the applicant,

(ii) the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the applicant, in circumstances where the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons.”;

(e) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after paragraph (k)(ii):

“(iii) unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the applicant, in circumstances where the applicant unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons.”;

(f) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (l):

“(l) any body corporate that holds or formerly held a remote bookmaker’s licence—

(i) unreasonably refused to pay sums due to such persons who won bets made with the body corporate,

(ii) unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the body, in circumstances where the body corporate unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons,

while the applicant was a relevant officer of the body corporate.”;

(g) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (m):

“(m) any body corporate that holds or formerly held a remote betting intermediary’s licence—

(i) unreasonably refused to pay sums due to such persons who won bets made with the body corporate,

(ii) unreasonably refuses or refused to refund deposits made by persons who won bets made with the body, in circumstances where the body corporate unreasonably refuses or refused to pay sums due to such persons,

while the applicant was a relevant officer of the body corporate.”.