Section 233 — Betting workers

(1) [F1 In this Act “ betting worker ” means an employee who under his contract of employment is or may be required to do betting work. ]

(2) [F1 In this Act “ betting work ” means— ]

(a) [F1 work which consists of or includes dealing with betting transactions at a track in England or Wales and which is carried out for a person who holds a general betting operating licence, a pool betting operating licence or a horse-race pool betting operating licence, and]

(b) [F1 work on premises in respect of which a betting premises licence has effect at a time when the premises are used for betting transactions.]

(3) [F1 In subsection (2) “ betting transactions ” includes the collection or payment of winnings. ]

(4) [F1 Expressions used in this section and in the Gambling Act 2005 have the same meaning in this section as in that Act.]

(5) [F1 In this Act—]

[F1 “ notice period ”, in relation to an opted-out betting worker, has the meaning given by section 41(3), “ opted-out ”, in relation to a betting worker, shall be construed in accordance with section 41(1) and (2), “ opting-in notice ”, in relation to a betting worker, has the meaning given by section 36(6), “ opting-out notice ”, in relation to a betting worker, has the meaning given by section 40(2), and “ protected ”, in relation to a betting worker, shall be construed in accordance with section 36(1) to (5). ]

Amendment notes

1. F1 S. 233 substituted (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 356, 358, Sch. 16 para. 11 (with ss. 352, 354 and Sch. 16 para. 21); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2007/1157, art. 3)