Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 637

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2002

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 637

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2002

	Made	7th March 2002
	Laid before Parliament	11th March 2002
	Coming into force	1st April 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her 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 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

    (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 2002[3] and the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2001[4] 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 entry relating to section 48(3)(b) of the Gaming Act 1968 is hereby revoked, and the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2001 is hereby revoked.


Richard Caborn
Minister of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport

7th March 2002



SCHEDULEArticle 2

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Provisions of section 48 referring to fees	Matters to which fees related	Previous sum	New sum
Subsection (3)	Fees chargeable:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£26,349[5]	£28,915
paragraph (b)	Renewal of licence	£7,325[6]	£7,950
paragraph (c)	Transfer of licence	£5,898[7]	£7,665
Subsection (4)	Fees chargeable where gaming limited to bingo:
paragraph (a)	Grant of gaming licence	£2,940[8] £26,349[9]	£3,800 £28,915
paragraph (b)	Renewal of licence	£1,357[10] £7,325[11]	£1,450 £7,950
	Transfer of licence	£1,030[12] £5,898[13]	£1,545 £7,665

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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 of the costs and benefits of this Order is available from the Gaming and Lotteries Branch, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH. Telephone 020 7211 6498.

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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] S.I. 2001/725.back

[5] See S.I. 2001/725.back

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

[7] See S.I. 2001/725.back

[8] See S.I. 2001/725.back

[9] See S.I. 2001/725.back

[10] See S.I. 2001/725.back

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

[12] See S.I. 2001/725.back

[13] See S.I. 2001/725.back

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