The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1026
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 18th July 1988.

(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

Section 2

In section 21(2) of the Gaming Act 1968 (conditions on which gaming for prizes is permitted at licensed club premises) paragraphs (b) and (e) shall have effect as if, for the sum of £15 specified in each of those paragraphs, there were substituted the sum of £20.

Section 3

(1) The provisions of section 41 of the Gaming Act 1968 (gaming at entertainments not held for private gain) specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the maximum sums permitted in respect of the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references in those provisions to the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule (which were substituted by the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984 ), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall have effect only in relation to entertainments held on or after the date on which this Order comes into force.

Section 4

In the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984—

(a) in article 3, for the words“Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (e)” there shall be substituted the words“Paragraphs (a) and (c)”, and paragraphs (b) and (d) shall be omitted; and

(b) article 4 and the Schedule shall be omitted.