The Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2006

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 27th October 2006.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “the 1968 Act” means the Gaming Act 1968;

(b) “all cash AWP machine” means a machine—

(i) to which Part 3 of the 1968 Act applies,

(ii) which is used for gaming, and

(iii) which complies with the conditions mentioned in subsections (5B) to (5C) of section 34 of that Act(1);

(c) “casino jackpot gaming machine” means a jackpot gaming machine which is used for gaming on premises in respect of which a licence under the 1968 Act is for the time being in force, other than bingo club premises (as defined in section 20 of that Act(2)); and

(d) “jackpot gaming machine” means a machine—

(i) to which Part 3 of the 1968 Act applies, and

(ii) which is used for gaming in accordance with section 31 of the 1968 Act.

Monetary limits on the charge for play for jackpot gaming machines

2.—(1) This article specifies for the purposes of section 31(3) of the 1968 Act the sum which the charge for play for playing a game once by means of a jackpot gaming machine shall not exceed.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the sum is £1.

(3) In the case of a casino jackpot gaming machine where the amount payable as a prize in respect of any one game played by means of the machine cannot exceed £500, the sum is £100.

(4) In the case of any other casino jackpot gaming machine, the sum is £2.

Monetary limits in respect of machines to which section 34 of the 1968 Act applies

3.—(1) This article applies to the provisions of section 34 of the 1968 Act specified in column 1 in the table in the Schedule (which specify maximum sums permitted in respect of the matters mentioned in column 2 in that table).

(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 in the table in the Schedule.

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

(a) specified in column 3 in the table in the Schedule, and

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

(4) In paragraph (3), the reference to the relevant Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order is—

(a) in the case of subsection (2) of section 34 of the 1968 Act, to the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1997(3); and

(b) in the case of subsections (5C) and (5D) of that section, to the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2001(4).

Revocation

4.—(1) In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1997 the entry relating to section 34(2) of the 1968 Act is hereby revoked.

(2) The following instruments are hereby revoked—

(a) the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2001;

(b) the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2005(5).

Richard Caborn

Minister of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

3rd October 2006