The Gaming (Small Charges) Order 1992

Made: 26th October 1992

Laid before Parliament: 3rd November 1992

Coming into force: 1st December 1992

In pursuance of sections 40(2) and 51(4) of the Gaming Act 1968[^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Small Charges) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st December 1992.

• (2) This Order does not extend to Scotland.

2

For the purposes of section 40(2) of the Gaming Act 1968—

• (a) in the case of gaming which consists exclusively of playing bridge or whist, or bridge and whist, and takes place on a day on which the premises used therefor are not used for any other gaming, or for any other gaming except gaming by means of a machine to which Part III of the Gaming Act 1968 applies, the sum of £6; and

• (b) in any other case, the sum of 50p;

is hereby specified.

3

The following orders are hereby revoked:

• (a) the Gaming (Small Charges) Order 1975[^f00002];

• (b) the Gaming (Small Charges) (Amendment) Order 1980[^f00003]; and

• (c) the Gaming (Small Charges) (Amendment) Order 1988[^f00004].

Signed

Kenneth Clarke — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 26th October 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order permits a charge of up to £6 a person a day to be made in clubs and miners' welfare institutes when only bridge and whist are played. When any other game of equal chance is played, it permits a charge of 50p (previously 30p).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 65; section 40(2) was amended by section 1(3) of the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1973 (c. 12).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1975/670.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1980/1127.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1988/1028.