Gaming Act 1968

48 Financial provisions

(1) All expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under this Act, together with—

(a) any expenses incurred by the Board under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to this Act, and

(b) to such amount as the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury may approve, any other expenses incurred by the Board,

shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(2) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable put of moneys so provided under any other enactment.

(3) Except as provided by subsection (4) of this section the following fees shall be charged under this Act, that is to say—

(a) in respect of the grant of a licence under this Act, a fee of £1,000;

(b) in respect of the renewal of such a licence, a fee of £200;

(c) in respect of the transfer of such a licence, a fee of £150;

(d) in respect of the registration of a club or a miners' welfare institute under Part II of this Act, a fee of £20, and, in respect of the renewal of any such registration, a fee of £10 ;

(e) in respect of the registration of a club or a miners' welfare institute under Part III of this Act, a fee of £10, and, in respect of the renewal of any such registration, a fee of £5 ;

(f) in respect of the issue of a certificate of approval under Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act, a fee of £5 ;

(g) in respect of the issue of a certificate under section 27 of this Act, a fee of £250, and, in respect of the renewal of any such certificate, a fee of £100 ;

(h) in respect of the grant or renewal of a permit under section 34 of this Act, a fee of twenty-five shillings.

(4) Where on the grant or renewal of a licence under this Act in respect of any premises the licensing authority impose any restrictions under paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to this Act limiting gaming to which Part II of this Act applies to the playing of bingo, the fee to be charged—

(a) under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section, shall be £250 instead of £1,000, and

(b) under paragraph (b) of that subsection, shall be £100 instead of £200;

and, if the licence is transferred while those restrictions continue to be in force, the fee to be charged under paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be £50 instead of £150.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order direct that any provision of subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section which is specified in the order shall have effect as if, for any reference in that provision to a sum so specified, there were substituted a reference to such other sum as may be so specified.

(6) All fees charged in accordance with paragraph (f) or paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of this section, and all fees charged in Scotland in accordance with paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) of that subsection, shall be paid into the Exchequer.