LegalizeThe Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1998
Made: 28th August 1998
Laid before Parliament: 9th September 1998
Coming into force: 1st October 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 2(2)(b) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act 19851, hereby makes the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
2
The sum of £500,000 is hereby specified as the maximum amount to be paid as a prize in respect of a game of multiple bingo.
3
The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 19952 is hereby revoked.
Signed
George Howarth — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 28th August 1998
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that the maximum amount to be paid as a prize in respect of a game of multiple bingo shall be £500,000. It thereby replaces the limit of £250,000 specified for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Gaming (Bingo) Act 1985 by the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/122).
Footnotes
S.I. 1995/122.
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