Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
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
(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.