Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
26th October 1992
Laid before Parliament
18th November 1992
Coming into force
1st January 1993
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 34(9) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968(1), I hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 4) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.
(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.
2. The provisions of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to maximum sums permitted in respect of the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the sums specified in those provisions (which, by virtue of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1989(2), have effect as if, for those sums, there were substituted the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.
3. In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1989 the entries relating to subsections (3), (4) and (8) of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 shall be omitted.
Kenneth Clarke
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
26th October 1992
Article 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisions of section 34 referring to maximum sums | Matter to which sum relates | Previous sum | New sum |
| Subsection (3) | Entitlement to prizes or tokens: | ||
| paragraph (a) | money prize | £2.40 | £3 |
| paragraph (b) | non-monetary prize | £4.80 | £6 |
| paragraph (c) | money prize with | £2.40 | £3 |
| non-monetary prize | £4.80 | £6 | |
| Subsection (4) | Further games by automatic action: | ||
| paragraph (a) | money prize | £2.40 | £3 |
| Subsection (8) | Exchange value of non-monetary prizes: | ||
| paragraph (a) | value of prizes | £4.80 | £6 |
| paragraph (b) | value of prizes | £4.80 (in two places) | £6 (in two places) |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases in England and Wales the maximum amounts which may be offered as prizes in amusements by means of machines provided at certain fairs, licensed club premises and other commercial entertainments under section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968.
S.I. 1989/2190.