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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2002-08-12</dc:identifier><dc:title>Gaming Act 1968 (repealed)</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make further provision with respect to gaming; and for purposes connected therewith.</dc:description><dc:date>1977-10-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-17</dc:modified><dct:valid>2002-08-12</dct:valid>
					
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					<ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="1968"/><ukm:Number Value="65"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1968-10-25"/><ukm:UnappliedEffects><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/3272" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-5b538b09bb592ae662c5e94fb48623fe" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 14 para. 12(1)(d)" EffectId="key-5b538b09bb592ae662c5e94fb48623fe" Type="modified" AffectingNumber="3272" AffectedYear="1968" Modified="2018-05-17T15:17:43Z" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" RequiresApplied="false" AffectingYear="2006" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 4 para. 105(5)" AffectedNumber="65" AffectedExtent="E+W+S" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Row="206" Comments="Edit not required. Unable to locate Sch. 14 para. 12(1)(d) . The Act does not have Sch. 14. Richard said: Ihere is an error in 2006 SI3272, Sch. 4 para. 105(5) and it should in fact say: 'For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(d) of Schedule 14 to the 2005 Act (which requires the date on which a prize gaming permit takes effect to be specified in the permit)' http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/schedule/14/paragraph/12 Sch. 4 is already cited in the Savs for the coming into force effects on 2005 c. 19 by 2006 SI3272 as amended by 2007 SI1157 and 2007 SI2169. So he asked me to mark this effect as not required. Another typo" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Gaming Act 1968</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="schedule-14" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/schedule/14" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">Sch. 14 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="schedule-14-paragraph-12-1-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/schedule/14/paragraph/12/1/d" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">para. 12(1)(d)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/3272/schedule/4">Sch. 4 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-4-paragraph-105-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/3272/schedule/4/paragraph/105/5">para. 105(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="article-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/3272/article/1/1">art. 1(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Date="2007-01-01" Qualification="wholly in force"/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									 
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/body/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/body" NumberOfProvisions="55" RestrictEndDate="2003-04-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/part/II/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/part/II" NumberOfProvisions="17" RestrictEndDate="2005-10-01" id="part-II"><Number>Part II</Number><Title> Gaming on Premises Licensed or Registered under this Part of this Act</Title><P1group RestrictEndDate="2007-09-01" RestrictExtent="E+W+S" RestrictStartDate="2002-08-12" ConfersPower="true"><Title> special provisions as to gaming for prizes.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21" id="section-21"><Pnumber>21</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/1/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/1" id="section-21-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section applies to any gaming which (being gaming to which this Part of this Act applies) is gaming for prizes in respect of which the conditions specified in the next following subsection are fulfilled.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2" id="section-21-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Those conditions are that—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/a/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/a" id="section-21-2-a"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8407991"/>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the amount paid by any person for any one chance to win a prize does not exceed one shilling;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/b/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/b" id="section-21-2-b"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8408002"/>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances in any one determination of winners (if any) of prizes does not exceed fifty shillings, and the sale of those chances and the declaration of the result take place on the same day and on the premises on which, and at the time when, the game is played;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/c/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/c" id="section-21-2-c"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8408011"/>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>no money prize exceeding one shilling is distributed or offered;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/d/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/d" id="section-21-2-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the winning of, or the purchase of a chance to win, a prize does not entitle any person (whether subject to a further payment by him or not) to any further opportunity to win money or money’s worth by taking part in any other gaming or in any lottery; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/e/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/e" id="section-21-2-e"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8408022"/>e</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the aggregate amount or value of the prizes on any one determination of winners does not exceed fifty shillings.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/3/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/3" id="section-21-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Section 13 of this Act shall not have effect in relation to any gaming to which this section applies which takes place on premises in respect of which a licence under this Act is for the time being in force and, in relation to any such gaming, section 3 of this Act, as applied by section 14 of this Act, shall not be taken to be contravened by reason only that a person pays for a chance to win a prize.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/4/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/4" id="section-21-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where any gaming to which this section applies takes place on any bingo club premises, section 17 of this Act shall not have effect so as to prevent persons under eighteen from being present in any room on those premises while any such gaming takes place there, if they do not take part in the gaming as players.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/5/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/5" id="section-21-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where on the grant or renewal of a licence under this Act in respect of any premises the licensing authority impose restrictions under paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to this Act whereby gaming on those premises is limited to a particular game or games, those restrictions, in so far as they so limit the gaming, shall not have effect in relation to any gaming to which this section applies.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/6/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/6" id="section-21-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where a game of bingo is played for prizes on any bingo club premises, and constitutes gaming to which this section applies, the prizes won in that game shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 20(8) of this Act.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7" id="section-21-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>No account shall be taken of subsection (5) of this section for the purpose of determining—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/a/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/a" id="section-21-7-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>whether a club is one to which section 20 of this Act applies, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/b/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/b" id="section-21-7-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>whether any premises are bingo club premises, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/c/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/7/c" id="section-21-7-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>whether, for the purposes of Schedule 2 to this Act, a licence under this Act is a bingo club licence.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/8/2002-08-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/8" id="section-21-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Secretary of State may by order direct that any paragraph of subsection (2) of this section which is specified in the order and which specifies a sum shall have effect as if, for that sum, there were substituted such other sum as may be specified in the order.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c8407991" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00184" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/a" SectionRef="section-21-2-a">S. 21(2)(a)</CitationSubRef> has effect (28.5.1999) as if, for the sum specified, there were substituted the sum of 50p by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1260" id="c00185" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1260">S.I. 1999/1260</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00186" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1260/article/4/a" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00185" SectionRef="article-4-a">art. 4(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8408002" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00187" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/b" SectionRef="section-21-2-b">S. 21(2)(b)</CitationSubRef> has effect (12.8.2002) as if, for the sum specified, there were substituted the sum of £500 by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1904" id="c00188" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="1904">S.I. 2002/1904</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00189" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/1904/article/3/a" CitationRef="c00188" SectionRef="article-3-a" Operative="true">art. 3(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8408011" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00190" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/65/section/21/2/c" SectionRef="section-21-2-c">S. 21(2)(c)</CitationSubRef> has effect (14.1.2002) as if, for the sum specified, there were substituted the sum of £25 by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/4035" id="c00191" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="4035">S.I. 2001/4035</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00192" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/4035/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00191" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary 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