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The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/60 · Made 17 January 1991

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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

Made 17th January 1991

Laid before Parliament 24th January 1991

Coming into force 1st April 1991

In pursuance of sections 48(5) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968f1, I hereby make the following Order:

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 (Gaiming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26).

Contents

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

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2)

This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2

The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to fees charged in relation to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (for which the sums mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule were substituted by the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1990 f1), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

3

In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1990 there shall be omitted the entries relating to the following provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968, namely paragraphs (a), (b), (f) and (g) of subsection (3) and paragraphs (a) and, except in relation to transfer of a licence, (b) of subsection (4).

Signature

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

17th January 1991

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to feesMatters to which fee relatesPrevious sumNew sum
Subsection (3)Fees chargeable:
paragraph (a)Grant of gaming licence£29,000£26,200
paragraph (b)Renewal of licence£6,250£5,600
paragraph (f)Issue of certificate of approval£42£55
paragraph (g)Issue of machine certificate£2,350£2,820
Renewal of certificate£920£1,104
Subsection (4)Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo:
paragraph (a)Grant of gaming licence£2,350£2,000
£29,000£26,200
paragraph (b)Renewal of licence£870£700
£6,250£5,600

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order alters the fees to be charged in England and Wales under the Gaming Act 1968 for the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order. The fees for the grant or renewal of a gaming licence, including the case where gaming is limited to bingo, are reduced. The other fees mentioned in the Schedule are increased. The Order comes into force on the same date as the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (Commencement) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/59) brings into force amendments of the Gaming Act 1968 which provide for the charging of new fees in respect of applications for certificates consenting to the making of applications for the grant of licences under the 1968 Act and for the transfer of such licences.