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Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2176

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (Variation of Fees) (No. 2) Order 1991

Made

30th September 1991

Laid before Parliament

7th October 1991

Coming into force

2nd December 1991

In pursuance of paragraph 20(1A) of Schedule 1 to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963(1) I hereby make the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may ce cited as the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (Variation of Fees) (No. 2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1991.

(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2.  Paragraph 20(1) (grant or renewal of permit or licence) of Schedule 1 (bookmaker’s permits, betting agency permits and betting office licences) to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall be amended by the substitution, for paragraphs (a) to (e), of the following paragraphs:

(a)in the case of the grant of a bookmaker’s permit, £133;

(b)in the case of the grant of a betting agency permit, £133(2);

(c)in the case of the grant of a betting office licence, £106(3);

(d)in the case of the renewal of a bookmaker’s permit or betting agency permit, £16(4)

(e)in the case of the renewal of a betting office licence, £20(5);.

3.  The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (Variation of Fees) Order 1987(6) is hereby revoked.

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

30th September 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases certain fees payable in England and Wales to the appropriate authority under paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 1 to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963. The fees for the grant of a bookmaker’s permit (paragraph 20(1)(a)) and for the grant of a betting agency permit (paragraph 20(1)(b)) are increased from £100 to £133, and the fee for the grant of a betting office licence is increased from £80 to £106 (paragraph 20(1)(c)). The fee for renewal of a bookmaker’s permit or betting agency permit is increased from £12 to £16 (paragraph 20(1)(d)) and the fee for renewal of a betting office licence is increased from £15 to £20 (paragraph 20(1)(e)).

(1)

1963 c. 2; paragraph 20(1A) was inserted by section 3 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1984 (c. 25).

(2)

The sum in paragraph (b) is as varied by S.I. 1987/95.

(3)

The sum in respect of the grant of a betting office licence is as varied by S.I. 1987/95.

(4)

The sum in respect of the renewal of a bookmaker’s permit or betting agency permit is as varied by S.I. 1987/95.

(5)

The sum in respect of the renewal of a betting office licence is as varied by S.I. 1987/95.

(6)

S.I. 1987/95.