The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 727

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made

5th March 2001

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2001

Coming into force

1st April 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 5(1) of the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

2.  In article 2 of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986(2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “£165,020” there shall be substituted “£150,168”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “£158,875” there shall be substituted “£144,576”.

3.  The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2000(3) is hereby revoked.

Mike O'Brien

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

5th March 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 2(a) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Order) 1986 so as to reduce from £165,020 to £150,168 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the issue of a certificate issued by the Board to an organiser of games of multiple bingo under the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985. This Order also amends article 2(b) of the 1986 Order so as to reduce from £158,875 to £144,576 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the continuing in force, for a period of three years, of such a certificate.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Licensing and Gambling Unit, Home Office, Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AT. Telephone [phone].

(1)

1985 c. 35.

(2)

S.I. 1986/833; the sums specified in article 2(a) and 2(b) of the 1986 Order are as substituted by S.I. 2000/1211.

(3)

S.I. 2000/1211.