The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 1212

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2000

Made

4th May 2000

Laid before Parliament

15th May 2000

Coming into force

12th June 2000

The Secretary of State, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by sections 48(5) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968(1), hereby makes the following Order:

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

2.  The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to fees charged in relation to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (which, by virtue of the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1998(2) had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Order as if, for those references, there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

3.  The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1998 is hereby revoked.

Mike O'Brien

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

4th May 2000

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to fees	Matters to which fee related	Previous sum(3)	New sum
Subsection (3)	Fees chargeable:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£32,830	£35,670
paragraph (b)	Renewal of licence	£6,740	£7,325
paragraph (c)	Transfer of licence	£7,270	£7,900
paragraph (ca)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£6,270	£6,810
paragraph (cb)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£3,130	£3,405
paragraph (d)	Registration of club or institute (Part II)	£195	£210
	Renewal of registration	£95	£105
paragraph (e)	Registration of club or institute (Part III)	£105	£115
	Renewal of registration	£62	£69
paragraph (f)	Issue of a certificate of approval	£75	£100
paragraph (g)	Issue of machine certificate	£3,810	£4,140
	Renewal of certificate	£1,520	£1,650
Subsection (4)	Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£2,710	£2,940
		£32,830	£35,670
paragraph (b)	Renewal of licence	£845	£920
		£6,740	£7,325
	Transfer of licence	£950	£1,030
		£7,270	£7,900
Subsection (4A)
	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£1,880	£2,045
		£6,270	£6,810
	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£625	£680
		£3,130	£3,405

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees to be charged in Great Britain under the Gaming Act 1968 for the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.

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 [phone].

(1)

1968 c. 65; section 48 was amended by section 1 of, and paragraph 3 of the Schedule to, the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26).

(2)

S.I. 1998/456.

(3)

See S.I. 1998/456.