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The Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/541 · Made 1 March 2006

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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

Made 1st March 2006

Laid before Parliament 2nd March 2006

Coming into force 1st April 2006

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48(5) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 (c. 65); section 48 was amended by section 1 of, and paragraph 3 of the Schedule to, the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26). The Gaming Act 1968 is to be repealed by the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), section 356(3)(g) and (4) and Schedule 17, on a date to be appointed by order made under section 358(1) of that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

(2)

This Order extends to Great Britain.

2Amendment of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968

(1)

This article applies to the provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 (which relate to fees charged in relation to those matters mentioned in column 2).

(2)

Each of the provisions shall have effect as if for any reference in the provision to a column 3 sum there were substituted a reference to the sum specified in the associated entry in column 4.

(3)

In paragraph (2), a “column 3 sum”, in relation to a provision, is a sum—

(a)

specified in column 3, and

(b)

which is referred to in that provision, but as that reference has effect by virtue of the relevant Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order.

(4)

In paragraph (3), the reference to the relevant Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order is—

(a)

in the case of section 48(3)(f), to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2004f1; and

(b)

in the case of the other provisions, to the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2005f2.

(5)

In this article a reference to a numbered column is to the column so numbered in the table in the Schedule.

3Revocation

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2004 (for all remaining purposesf1) and the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2005 are revoked.

Signature

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

1st March 2006

Column (1)Column (2)Column (3)Column (4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to feesMatters to which fees relatePrevious sumNew sum

Subsection (3)

Paragraph (ca)Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence£8,594£8,938
Paragraph (cb)Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence£5,371£5,586
Paragraph (f)Issue of certificate of approval under Part 1 of Schedule 5£210£222
Paragraph (g)Issue of machine certificate£6,605£7,000
Renewal of machine certificate£4,518£4,789
Subsection (4A)Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence

£8,351

£8,594

£8,852

£8,938

Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence

£5,567

£5,371

£5,901

£5,586

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the fees to be charged in Great Britain under the Gaming Act 1968 in respect of the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order is available is available from the DCMS website (www.culture.gov.uk) and from the Gambling and National Lottery Licensing Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, telephone 020 7211 6535.