Amendment of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

2.  In section 1(4D) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963(1) (which defines a “qualifying competition” so as to require that the forecasts in the competition are made on football games played on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday), in paragraph (a), the words “to be played on a Saturday, a Sunday or a day that is a bank holiday in England and Wales or in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971” are hereby repealed.

(1)

As inserted by section 56(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (1993 c. 39).