2003 No. 15
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003
Made 10th January 2003
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
Coming into operation 28th March 2003

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 77(4) and 108(16) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and now vested in it and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
S.I.1985/1204 (N.I. 11); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department”
See Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 28th March 2003.
2 In this Order “the 1985 Order” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.

2 Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises
In Article 77(1)(c) of the 1985 Order for “£15” there shall be substituted “£25”.
Substituted by S.R. 2001 No. 414 Article 4(c)

3 Maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of a gaming machine on licensed premises within the meaning of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
In Article 108(8) and (9) of the 1985 Order for “£15” there shall be substituted “£25”.
Substituted by S.R. 1999 No. 4 Article 5

4 Revocations
The following are hereby revoked–
(a) Article 4(c) of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001;
S.R. 2001 No. 414
(b) Article 5 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.
S.R. 1999 No. 4
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th January 2003.
Henry Johnston A Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order–
(a) increases the maximum money prize which can be distributed or offered in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises from £15 to £25;
(b) increases the maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of a gaming machine installed on licensed premises (within the meaning of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996) from £15 to £25.