The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1994 No. 956


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Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 956

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1994

Made

5th March 1994

Laid before Parliament

6th April 1994

Coming into force

1st May 1994

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 20(8) 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 1994 and shall come into force on 1st May 1994.

(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2. Section 20(8) of the Gaming Act 1968(2) (under which the maximum amount by which weekly winnings on any particular bingo club premises may exceed the aggregate amount of the stakes hazarded is £2,250) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £2,500.

3. In the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1993(3), article 3 shall be omitted.

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

25th March 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases in England and Wales the monetary limits specified in section 20(8) of the Gaming Act 1968 and described in article 2 of the Order.

(2)

The sum specified in section 20(8) is as substituted by article 3 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/967).

(3)

S.I. 1993/967.


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