The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2190

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1989

Made

24th November 1989

Laid before Parliament

5th December 1989

Coming into force

1st January 1990

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 34(9) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits)(No. 2) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st January 1990.

(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2.  The provisions of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to maximum sums permitted in respect of the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the sums specified in those provisions (which, by virtue of the Orders revoked by this Order, have effect as if there were substituted the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

3.  The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1981(2) and the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1986(3) are hereby revoked.

Home Office

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

24th November 1989

Article 2

SCHEDULE

1	2	3	4
Provisions of section 34 referring to maximum sums	Matter to which sum relates	Previous sum	New sum
Subsection (2)	Charge for playing a game once by means of machine	10p	20p
Subsection (3)	Entitlement to prizes or tokens:
paragraph (a)	money prize	£2	£2.40
paragraph (b)	non-monetary prize	£4	£4.80
paragraph (c)	money prize with	£2	£2.40
	non-monetary prize	£4	£4.80
Subsection (4)	Further games by automatic action:
paragraph (a)	money prize	£2	£2.40
Subsection (8)	Exchange value of non-monetary prizes:
paragraph (a)	value of prizes	£4	£4.80
paragraph (b)	value of prizes	£4	£4.80
		(in two places)	(in two places)

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases in England and Wales the maximum amount which may be charged for playing a game once and the maximum amounts which may be offered as prizes in amusements by means of machines provided at certain fairs, licensed club premises and other commercial entertainments under section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968.

(1)

1968 c. 65.

(2)

S.I. 1981/2, as amended by S.I. 1983/1740, 1984/247, 1985/575.

(3)

1986/1981.