Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
24th February 1998
Laid before Parliament
4th March 1998
Coming into force
1st April 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 5(1) of the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2. In article 2 of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986(2)-
(a)in paragraph (a), for "£148,000" there shall be substituted "£152,000"; and
(b)in paragraph (b), for "£143,000" there shall be substituted "£146,500".
3. The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1995(3) is hereby revoked.
George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
24th February 1998
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends article 2(a) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Fees) Order 1986 so as to increase from £148,000 to £152,000 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the issue of a certificate issued by the Board to an organiser of games of multiple bingo under the Schedule to the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985. This Order also amends article 2(b) of the 1986 Order so as to increase from £143,000 to £146,500 the fee payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain for the continuing in force, for a period of three years, of such a certificate.