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The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/3208 · Made 18 December 1996

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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

Made 18th December 1996

Laid before Parliament 20th December 1996

Coming into force 27th January 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 18 and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes 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 1996 and shall come into force on 27th January 1997.

(2)

This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2

In section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted in certain commercial entertainments) paragraph (c) shall have effect as if, for the sum specified in that paragraph, there were substituted the sum of £5.

3

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

    1. (a)

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

    2. (b)

      in paragraph (a) the words “in paragraph (a),” shall be omitted; and

    3. (c)

      paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

Signature

Timothy Kirkhope

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

18th December 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under section 18 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, raises the limit on money prizes for amusements governed by section 16 of that Act (amusements with prizes at certain commercial entertainments) from 30p to £5.