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Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

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(1) and now vested in it(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(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.

Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises

2.  In Article 77(1)(c) of the 1985 Order for “£15”(3) there shall be substituted “£25”.

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

3.  In Article 108(8) and (9) of the 1985 Order for “£15”(4) there shall be substituted “£25”.

Revocations

4.  The following are hereby revoked–

(a)Article 4(c) of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001(5);

(b)Article 5 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999(6).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th January 2003.

L.S.

Henry Johnston

A Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory Note

(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.

(1)

S.I. 1985/1204 (N.I. 11); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department”

(2)

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)

(3)

Substituted by S.R. 2001 No. 414 Article 4(c)

(4)

Substituted by S.R. 1999 No. 4 Article 5

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