Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 725

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2001

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 725

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2001

	Made	5th March 2001
	Laid before Parliament	9th March 2001
	Coming into force	1st April 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 48 and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968[1], hereby makes the following Order:

    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

    (2) This Order extends to England and Wales[2].

    2.The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to fees charged in relation to those matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (which, by virtue of the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2000[3] had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Order as if, for those references, there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

    3.In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2000, the entries relating to subsection (3)(a) and (c) and subsection (4) of the Gaming Act 1968 are hereby revoked.


Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office
5th March 2001



SCHEDULEArticle 2

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to fees	Matters to which fees related	Previous sum[4]	New Sum
Subsection (3)	Fees chargeable:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£35,670	£26,349
paragraph (c)	Transfer of licence	£7,900	£5,898
Subsection (4)	Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£2,940	£2,940
		£35,670	£26,349
paragraph (b)	Renewal of licence	£920	£1,357
		£7,325	£7,325
	Transfer of licence	£1,030	£1,030
		£7,900	£5,898

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 for the matters mentioned in the Schedule to the Order.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Licensing and Gambling Unit, Home Office, Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AT. Telephone 020 7273 3108.

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Notes:

[1] 1968 c. 65; section 48 has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.back

[2] 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.back

[3] S.I. 2000/1212.back

[4] See S.I. 2000/1212.back

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