Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 567

The Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2005

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 567

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2005

	Made	7th March 2005
	Laid before Parliament	9th March 2005
	Coming into force	1st April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 48(5) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act 1968 (Variation of Fees) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

    (2) This Order extends to Great Britain.

Amendment of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968
    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 relevant Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order.

    (4) In paragraph (3), the reference to the relevant Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order is to - 

(a) in the case of section 48(3)(g), the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2004[2]; and

(b) in the case of the other provisions, the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2003[3].

    (5) In this article a reference to a numbered column is to the column so numbered in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocation
    3. - (1) The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2003 is hereby revoked.

    (2) In the Schedule to the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 2004 the entry relating to section 48(3)(g) is hereby revoked.


Andrew McIntosh
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture Media and Sport

7th March 2005

SCHEDULEArticle 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)
Paragraph (ca)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£8,200	£8,594
Paragraph (cb)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£5,125	£5,371
Paragraph (g)	Issue of machine certificate	£6,425	£6,605
	Renewal of machine certificate	£4,395	£4,518
Subsection (4A)	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the grant of a licence	£7,725 £8,200	£8,351 £8,594
	Application for a certificate consenting to the making of an application for the transfer of a licence	£5,150 £5,125	£5,567 £5,371

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the fees to be charged in Great Britain under the Gaming Act 1968 in respect of 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 was amended by section 1 of, and paragraph 3 to, the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990 (c.26).back

[2]S.I. 2004/531.back

[3]S.I. 2003/509.back

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ISBN0 11 072444 5

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