2001 No. 414
Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made
Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(1)
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 75(2), 76(5), 77(4), 126(15) and 128(3) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 19851 and now vested in it2 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which it is affirmed by resolution of the Assembly.
2
In this Order “the 1985 Order” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.
Maximum amount of weekly winnings in games of bingo played simultaneously on different bingo club premises2
For the purposes of Article 75(2)(ii) of the 1985 Order instead of £30,0003 the amount £55,000 is hereby specified.
Maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded3
For the purposes of Article 76(5) of the 1985 Order instead of £5,5004 the amount £10,000 is hereby specified.
Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises4
In Article 77(1) of the 1985 Order—
a
in sub-paragraph (a) for “£0·30” there shall be substituted “£0·50”;
b
in sub-paragraphs (b) and (e) for “£50”5 there shall be substituted “£120”;
c
in sub-paragraph (c) for “£5”6 there shall be substituted “£15”.
Maximum amounts permitted in gaming at entertainments not held for private gain5
1
In Article 126 of the 1985 Order—
a
in paragraph (3) for “£3”7 there shall be substituted “£4”;
b
in paragraph (4) for “£300”8 there shall be substituted “£400”; and
c
in paragraph (11)(b) for “£300”9 and “£600”(e) there shall be substituted respectively “£400” and “£700”.
2
Paragraph (1) shall have effect only in relation to entertainments held on or after the date on which this Order comes into operation.
Maximum daily charges for play at certain clubs6
1
In Article 128(2) of the 1985 Order for “£0·50”10 there shall be substituted “£0·60”.
2
For the purposes of Article 128(2) of the 1985 Order, in the case of gaming which consists exclusively of playing bridge or whist, or bridge and whist, and which takes place on a day on which the premises used therefor are not used for any other gaming, or for any other gaming except gaming by means of a gaming machine, instead of £611 the sum £15 is hereby specified.
Revocations7
The following are hereby revoked—
a
Articles 2 and 3 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 199912;
b
Article 2 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 199813;
c
Articles 7 and 8 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Fees and Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 199514;
d
the Betting and Gaming (Fees and Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 198715.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th November 2001.
(This note is not part of the Order.)