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BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
31st March 1993
Laid before Parliament
2nd April 1993
Coming into force
1st May 1993
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 20(3) and (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 1993 and shall come into force on 1st May 1993.
(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 £5,000) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £10,000.
3. Section 20(8) of the Gaming Act 1968((3)) (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 £2,000) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £2,250.
4. The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1991((4)) and the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1992((5)) are hereby revoked.
Kenneth Clarke
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
31st March 1993
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases in England and Wales the monetary limits specified in section 20(3) and (8) of the Gaming Act 1968 and described in articles 2 and 3 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 1992 (S.I. 1992/426).
The sum specified in section 20(8) is as substituted by article 3 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/870).
S.I. 1991/870.
S.I. 1992/426.