Section 8: supplemental
Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
The amendment proposes that the court could issue an injunction against anyone breaching the successor company's pool betting exclusivity.
The Government resist the amendment. The subsection expressly mentions that action may be taken for a threatened breach, in relation to which an injunction is the most obvious relief. We consider that a court would have no difficulty in interpreting the phrase ''or such other relief'' as including injunctive relief.