The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 387

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1990

Made

1st March 1990

Laid before Parliament

8th March 1990

Coming into force

1st April 1990

In pursuance of sections 18(1)(e) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2.  The fee payable to the Board on an application for the registration of a scheme shall be—

(a) where the total value of the tickets or chances which may lawfully be sold in each lottery under the scheme does not exceed £10,000, a fee of £120; and

(b) in any other case, a fee of £420.

3.  The further fee payable to the Board, where more than one lottery is to be promoted under a scheme registered by the Board, for each lottery promoted under that scheme shall be —

(a) where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery does not exceed £10,000, a fee of £36;

(b) where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £20,000, a fee of £72; and

(c) in any other case, a fee of £90.

4.  The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1989 (2)is hereby revoked.

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office

1st March 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees which are payable to the Gaming Board under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 2 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 in connection with the registration of lottery schemes and with lotteries promoted under schemes registered by the Board. The fees payable in cases to which paragraphs (a)and (b) of article 2 apply are increased from £100 and £350 to £120 and £420 respectively. The fees payable in cases to which paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of article 3 apply are increased from £30, £60 and £75 to £36, £72 and £90 respectively.

(1)

1976 c. 32

(2)

S.I. 1989/295