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Gambling Act 2005

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

126 Interpretation

(1) In this Part— “conviction”— has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and includes, to the extent required by section 125, a spent conviction within the meaning of that Act, “holder”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued, “the licensed activities” in relation to an operating licence means the activities which it authorises, and “licensee”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued. (2) In this Act “relevant offence” means— (a) an offence listed in Schedule 7, and (b) 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”). (3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b) it is immaterial— (a) whether or not the foreign offence prohibits all the kinds of activity prohibited by the domestic offence, and (b) whether or not the foreign offence prohibits kinds of activity not prohibited by the domestic offence.

Your change, as a redline

126 Interpretation

(1) In this Part— “conviction”— has the meaning given by section 1(4) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and includes, to the extent required by section 125, a spent conviction within the meaning of that Act, “holder”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued, “the licensed activities” in relation to an operating licence means the activities which it authorises, and “licensee”, in relation to an operating licence, means the person to whom the licence is issued. (2) In this Act “relevant offence” means— (a) an offence listed in Schedule 7, and (b) 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”). (3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b) it is immaterial— (a) whether or not the foreign offence prohibits all the kinds of activity prohibited by the domestic offence, and (b) whether or not the foreign offence prohibits kinds of activity not prohibited by the domestic offence.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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