Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 1211

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2000

Made

4th May 2000

Laid before Parliament

15th May 2000

Coming into force

12th June 2000

1.  This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 12th June 2000.

2.  In article 2 of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986(2)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “£152,000” there shall be substituted “£165,020”; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for “£146,500” there shall be substituted “£158,875”.

3.  The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1998(3), is hereby revoked.

Mike O'Brien

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

4th May 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 2(a) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986 so as to increase from £152,000 to £165,020 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the issue of a certificate issued by the Board to an organiser of games of multiple bingo under the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985. This Order also amends article 2(b) of the 1986 Order so as to increase from £146,500 to £158,875 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the continuing in force, for a period of three years, of such a certificate.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Liquor, Gambling and Data Protection Unit, Home Office, Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AT. Telephone 020 7273 3347.

(2)

S.I. 1986/833; the sums specified in article 2(a) and 2(b) of the 1986 Order are as substituted by S.I. 1998/454.

(3)

S.I. 1998/454.