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The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/426 · Made 2 March 1992

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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

Made 2nd March 1992

Laid before Parliament 10th March 1992

Coming into force 1st May 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 20(3) 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 20(3) was amended by section 1 of the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1980 (c. 8).

Contents

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

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st May 1992.

(2)

This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2

Section 20(3) of the Gaming Act 1968f1 (under which the maximum permitted aggregate amount of winnings in respect of games of bingo played in one week simultaneously on different club premises is £4,500) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £5,000.

3

In the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1991f1, article 2 shall be omitted.

Signature

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

2nd March 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases in England and Wales the monetary limit specified in section 20(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 and described in article 2 of the Order.