The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 642

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2002

Made

7th March 2002

Laid before Parliament

11th March 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2002

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

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

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 those 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 2000(2) and the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2001(3) 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.  In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2000, the entries relating to section 48(3)(ca), (cb) and, so far as it relates to renewal of registration, (e) of the Gaming Act 1968 are hereby revoked, and in the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2001, the entries relating to section 48(3)(f) and (g), (4A) and, so far as it relates to renewal of registration, (3)(d) of the Gaming Act 1968 are hereby revoked.

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

7th March 2002

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to fees	Matters to which fees related	Previous sum	New sum
Subsection (3)	Fees chargeable:
paragraph (ca)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£6,810(4)	£8,000
paragraph (cb)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£3,405(5)	£5,000
paragraph (d)	Renewal of registration of club or institute (Part II)	£118(6)	£120
paragraph (e)	Renewal of registration of club or institute (Part III)	£69(7)	£70
paragraph (f)	Issue of a certificate of approval	£145(8)	£160
paragraph (g)	Issue of machine certificate	£5,623(9)	£5,800
	Renewal of certificate	£3,753(10)	£3,970
Subsection (4A)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£3,260(11) £6,810(12)	£7,500 £8,000
	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£2,630(13) £3,405(14)	£5,000 £5,000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the fees to be charged in England and Wales and Scotland under the Gaming Act 1968 for the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Gaming and Lotteries Branch, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH. 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. 2000/1212.

(3)

S.I. 2001/726.

(4)

See S.I. 2000/1212.

(5)

See S.I. 2000/1212.

(6)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(7)

See S.I. 2000/1212.

(8)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(9)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(10)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(11)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(12)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(13)

See S.I. 2001/726.

(14)

See S.I. 2001/726.