The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1259

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999

Made

27th April 1999

Laid before Parliament

6th May 1999

Coming into force

28th May 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 18 and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th May 1999.

2.  It is hereby directed that paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted at certain commercial entertainments) shall have effect as if–

(a) for the sum specified in paragraph (a) there were substituted the sum of 50p(2);

(b) for the sum specified in paragraph (b) there were substituted the sum of £60(3); and

(c) for the sum specified in paragraph (c) there were substituted the sum of £15(4).

3.  The instruments set out in the Schedule to this Order (which are either superseded by this Order or are spent) are hereby revoked.

George Howarth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

27th April 1999

Article 3

SCHEDULE REVOCATIONS

(1)	(2)
Orders revoked	References
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984	S.I. 1984/245.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1984	S.I. 1984/465 (S. 45).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988	S.I. 1988/1025.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1988	S.I. 1988/1053 (S. 104).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1996	S.I. 1996/3208.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1996	S.I. 1996/3273 (S. 256).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1997	S.I. 1997/2080.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order (which extends to England and Wales and Scotland) increases the monetary limits specified in section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32) and revokes previous Orders which are superseded or spent.

(1)

1976 c. 32.

(2)

Paragraph (a) currently has effect as if 30p were substituted for the sum specified in that paragraph by virtue of S.I. 1984/245 as respects England and Wales, and S.I. 1984/465 as respects Scotland.

(3)

Paragraph (b) currently has effect as if £50 were substituted for the sum specified in that paragraph by virtue of S.I. 1997/2080.

(4)

Paragraph (c) currently has effect as if £5 were substituted for the sum specified in that paragraph by virtue of S.I. 1996/3208 as respects England and Wales, and S.I. 1996/3273 as respects Scotland.