The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 640

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) 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 paragraph 5(1) of the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985(1) hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

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

2.  In article 2 of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986(2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “£150,168” there shall be substituted “£167,000”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “£144,576” there shall be substituted “£160,000”.

3.  The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2001(3) is hereby revoked.

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

7th March 2002

Explanatory Note

(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 £150,168 to £167,000 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the issue of a certificate issued by the Board to 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 £144,576 to £160,000 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the continuing in force, for a period of three years, of such a certificate.

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)

1985 c. 35.

(2)

S.I. 1986/833; the sums specified in article 2(a) and 2(b) of the 1986 Order are as substituted by S.I. 2001/727.

(3)

S.I. 2001/727.