Section 233 — Employment Rights Act 1996: Betting workers

Betting workers 233 1 In this Act “ betting worker ” means an employee who under his contract of employment is or may be required to do betting work.

2 In this Act “ betting work ” means—

a 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 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 In subsection (2) “ betting transactions ” includes the collection or payment of winnings.

4 Expressions used in this section and in the Gambling Act 2005 have the same meaning in this section as in that Act.

5 In this Act— “ 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).