The Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1260
• Sections: 5

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th May 1999.

(2) In this Order “the 1968 Act ” means the Gaming Act 1968.

Section 2

Section 20(3) of the 1968 Act (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 £30,000 ) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £50,000.

Section 3

Section 20(8) of the 1968 Act (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 £5,500 ) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £6,000.

Section 4

It is hereby directed that paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of section 21(2) of the 1968 Act (conditions on which gaming for prizes is permitted at licensed club premises) shall have effect as if–

(a) for the sum specified in paragraph (a) there were substituted the sum of 50p ;

(b) for the sum specified in paragraph (b) there were substituted the sum of £60 ;

(c) for the sum specified in paragraph (c) there were substituted the sum of £15 ; and

(d) for the sum specified in paragraph (e) there were substituted the sum of £60 .

Section 5

The instruments set out in the Schedule to this Order (which are either superseded by this Order or are spent) are hereby revoked.