# The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1259 · made 27 April 1999

This Order (which extends to England and Wales and Scotland) increases the monetary limits specified in section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32) and revokes previous Orders which are superseded or spent.

Made under: Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (repealed) (Section 18, Section 24)

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## Introductory text

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made 27th April 1999
Laid before Parliament 6th May 1999
Coming into force 28th May 1999
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 18 and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th May 1999.

## 2 

It is hereby directed that paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted at certain commercial entertainments) shall have effect as if–
(a) for the sum specified in paragraph (a) there were substituted the sum of 50p;
(b) for the sum specified in paragraph (b) there were substituted the sum of £60; and
(c) for the sum specified in paragraph (c) there were substituted the sum of £15.

## 3 

The instruments set out in the Schedule to this Order (which are either superseded by this Order or are spent) are hereby revoked.

## Signature

George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
27th April 1999

## REVOCATIONS

(1)
(2)
Orders revoked
References
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984
S.I. 1984/245.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1984
S.I. 1984/465 (S. 45).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1025.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1988
S.I. 1988/1053 (S. 104).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/3208.
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/3273 (S. 256).
The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1997
S.I. 1997/2080.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order (which extends to England and Wales and Scotland) increases the monetary limits specified in section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32) and revokes previous Orders which are superseded or spent.

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