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The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1995

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1995 No. 122

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1995

Made

15th January 1995

Laid before Parliament

27th January 1995

Coming into force

1st March 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 2(2)(b) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st March 1995.

2.  The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1992(2) is hereby revoked.

3.  The sum of £250,000 is hereby specified as the maximum amount to be paid as a prize in respect of a game of multiple bingo.

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

15th January 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that the maximum amount to be paid as a prize in respect of a game of multiple bingo shall be £250,000. It thereby replaces the limit of £75,000 specified for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 by the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3076).

(2)

S.I. 1992/3076.

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