Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
2nd March 1992
Laid before Parliament
10th March 1992
Coming into force
1st May 1992
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 20(3) 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) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st May 1992.
(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.
2. Section 20(3) of the Gaming Act 1968(2) (under which the maximum permitted aggregate amount of winnings in respect of games of bingo played in one week simultaneously on different club premises is £4,500) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £5,000.
3. In the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1991(3), article 2 shall be omitted.
Kenneth Baker
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
2nd March 1992
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases in England and Wales the monetary limit specified in section 20(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 and described in article 2 of the Order.
1968 c. 65; section 20(3) was amended by section 1 of the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1980 (c. 8).
The sum specified in section 20(3) is as substituted by article 2 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/870).
S.I. 1991/870.