
1998 No. 56
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998
Made 26th February 1998
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 
Coming into operation 9th April 1998
The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 77(4), 106(3) and 108(16) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 9th April 1998.
(2) In this Order “the Order” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.
Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises
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Maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a gaming machine in a registered club
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Maximum charge for playing a game once and maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of gaming machines in certain other premises
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In Article 108 of the Order—
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(b) in paragraphs (7) and (9) for “£4” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “£5”.
Revocations
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The following are hereby revoked—
(a) Article 4 of the Gaming and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996;
(b) Articles 2 and 3(a) of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
Jeremy Harbison
Under Secretary
26th February 1998.