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The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1025 · Made 13 June 1988

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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

Made 13th June 1988

Laid before Parliament 20th June 1988

Coming into force 18th July 1988

In pursuance of sections 18(1)(c) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976f1 I hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1976 c. 32.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 18th July 1988.

(2)

This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2

In section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976f1 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted at certain commercial entertainments) paragraph (b) shall have effect as if, for the sum of £15 specified in that paragraph, there were substituted the sum of £20.

3

In article 2 of the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984f1—

(a)

for the words “Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (a) and (c)”; and

(b)

paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

13th June 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the maximum amount permitted to be taken by way of the sale of chances in any one determination of winners in amusements provided at certain fairs and other commercial entertainments in England and Wales under section 16 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976.