Section 126: Interpretation

Gambling Act 2005 · 2005 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Operating Licences

In this Part—

In this Act "relevant offence" means—

an offence listed in Schedule 7, and
an offence under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom (a "foreign offence") which prohibits a kind of activity prohibited by an offence listed in that Schedule (a "domestic offence").

For the purpose of subsection (2)(b) it is immaterial—

whether or not the foreign offence prohibits all the kinds of activity prohibited by the domestic offence, and
whether or not the foreign offence prohibits kinds of activity not prohibited by the domestic offence.

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