Gaming (Bingo (Amendment) and Gaming Machine (Registered Clubs)) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 No. 5

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo (Amendment) and Gaming Machine (Registered Clubs)) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 19th February 1999.

Amendment of the Gaming (Bingo) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

2.  In regulation 2(1)(b) and (c) of the Gaming (Bingo) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) for “£8 (exclusive of value added tax)” there shall be substituted “£8.50 (exclusive of value added tax)”.

Maximum prize in respect of any one game played by means of a gaming machine in a registered club

3.  For the purposes of Article 106(5) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (use of gaming machines in registered clubs) the prescribed amount is £250.

Revocation

4.  The Gaming (Bingo) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(2) are hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 7th January 1999.

L.S.

R.D. Hill

Under Secretary