The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1991

Made: 17th January 1991

Laid before Parliament: 24th January 1991

Coming into force: 1st April 1991

In pursuance of sections 18(1)(e) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 [^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

2

The fee payable to the Board on an application for the registration of a scheme shall be—

• (a) where the total value of the tickets or chances which may lawfully be sold in each lottery under the scheme does not exceed £10,000, a fee of £144; and

• (b) in any other case, a fee of £420.

3

The further fee payable to the Board, where more than one lottery is to be promoted under a scheme registered by the Board, for each lottery promoted under that scheme shall be—

• (a) where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery does not exceed £10,000, a fee of £45;

• (b) where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £20,000, a fee of £90; and

• (c) in any other case, a fee of £115.

4

The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1990 [^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

Kenneth Baker — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 17th January 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order supersedes the Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1990 and increases certain fees which are payable to the Gaming Board under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 2 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 in connection with the registration of lottery schemes and with lotteries promoted under schemes registered by the Board. The fee payable in a case to which paragraph (a) of article 2 applies is increased from £120 to £144, but the fee payable in other cases under that article is unchanged at £420. The fees payable in cases to which paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of article 3 apply are increased from £36, £72 and £90 to £45, £90 and £115 respectively.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1976 c. 32.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1990/387.