STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2003 No. 508
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2003
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Made |
2nd March 2003 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
5th March 2003 | |
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Coming into force |
1st April 2003 | |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 48 and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968[1] hereby makes the following Order:
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- (1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales[2].
2.
The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relates to fees charged in relation to those matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (which by virtue of the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2002[3] had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Order as if, for those reference, there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.
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The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2002 is hereby revoked.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2nd March 2003
SCHEDULEArticle 2
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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Provisions of section 48 referring to fees
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Matters to which fees related
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Previous sum
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New sum
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Subsection (3) |
Fees Chargeable: |
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Paragraph (a) |
Grant of gaming licence |
£ 28,915 |
£29,640 |
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Paragraph (b) |
Renewal of licence |
£7,950 |
£8,150 |
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Paragraph (c) |
Transfer of licence |
£7,665 |
£7,855 |
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Subsection (4) |
Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo: |
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Paragraph (a) |
Grant of gaming licence |
£3,800
£28,915
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£3,915
£29,640
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Paragraph (b) |
Renewal of licence |
£1,450
£7,950
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£1,495
£8,150
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Transfer of licence |
£1,545
£7,665
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£1,595
£7,855
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the fees to be charged in England and Wales under the Gaming Act 1968 for the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.
A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Gaming and Lotteries Branch, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2 - 4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, telephone 020 7211 6498.
Notes:
[1]
1968 c. 65; section 48 has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.back
[2]
The power to make an order as regards Scotland under section 48(5) in relation to section 48(3)(a) to (c) and (4) is exercisable by the Scottish Ministers instead of by the Minister of the Crown by virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1999/1750.back
[3]
S.I. 2002/637back
ISBN
0 11 045108 2
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