Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
1st March 2006
Laid before Parliament
2nd March 2006
Coming into force
1st April 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48(5) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968(1):
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales(2).
2.—(1) This article applies to the provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 (which relate to fees charged in relation to those matters mentioned in column 2).
(2) Each of the provisions shall have effect as if for any reference in the provision to a column 3 sum there were substituted a reference to the sum specified in the associated entry in column 4.
(3) In paragraph (2), a “column 3 sum”, in relation to a provision, is a sum—
(a)specified in column 3, and
(b)which is referred to in that provision, but as that reference has effect by virtue of the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2005(3).
(4) In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column so numbered in the table in the Schedule.
3. In the Schedule to the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2005 the following entries relating to section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 are revoked—
(a)the entries relating to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3); and
(b)the entries relating to subsection (4) except the entries relating to paragraph (a) of that subsection.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
1st March 2006
Article 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisions of section 48 referring to fees | Matters to which fees relate | Previous sum | New sum |
| Subsection (3) | Fees chargeable: | ||
| Paragraph (b) | Renewal of a licence | £8,541 | £9,395 |
| Paragraph (c) | Transfer of a licence | £8,232 | £8,561 |
| Subsection (4) | Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo: | ||
| Paragraph (b) | Renewal of licence | £1,616 £8,541 | £1,778 £9,395 |
| Transfer of licence | £1,724 £8,232 | £1,827 £8,561 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the fees to be charged in England and Wales under the Gaming Act 1968 in respect of the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the DCMS website (www.culture.gov.uk) and from the Gambling and National Lottery Licensing Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, telephone 020 7211 6535.
1968 (c. 65); section 48 was amended by section 1 of, and paragraph 3 of the Schedule to, the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c. 26). The Gaming Act 1968 is to be repealed by the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), section 356(3)(g) and (4) and Schedule 17, on a date to be appointed by order made under section 358(1) of that Act.
The power to make an order as regards Scotland under section 48(5) in relation to section 48(3)(a) to (c) and (4) is exercisable by the Scottish Ministers instead of by the Minister of the Crown by virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1999/1750.
S.I. 2005/566.