The Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2005

Made7th March 2005

Laid before Parliament9th March 2005

Coming into force1st April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by paragraph 5(1) of the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 19851, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

Amendment

2

In article 2 of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 19862—

a

in paragraph (a), for “£167,000” there shall be substituted “£173,680”; and

b

in paragraph (b), for “£160,000” there shall be substituted “£166,400”.

3

The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 20023 is hereby revoked.

Andrew McIntoshParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Culture Media and Sport7th March 2005

(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 £160,000 to £173,680 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the issue of a certificate of approval as 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 £160,000 to £166,400 the fee payable to the Board for the continuing in force of that certificate, which is payable every three years.