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The Bingo Act 1992 (c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act regulated the types of advertisements that bingo halls were allowed to use, relaxing the law in comparison to the rules on advertising for casinos.
Long title | An Act to amend the Gaming Act 1968 with respect to bingo; and for connected purposes. |
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Citation | 1992 c. 10 |
Introduced by | Peter Fry[1] (Commons) Baron Harmar-Nicholls[1] (Lords) |
Territorial extent | England and Wales and Scotland[2] |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 6 March 1992 |
Commencement | 6 May 1992[2] |
Repealed | 1 September 2007[3] |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997 [sections 1(2), 1(3) and 1 (5)-(7)] Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 [section 1(9)] Gambling Act 2005 [whole act][4] |
Relates to | Gaming Act 1968 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The provisions of the Act amended Section 42 of the Gaming Act 1968 to:[5][6]
Baron Harmar-Nicholls, a Conservative peer, was a proponent of relaxing regulations on bingo halls, calling them "social centres" and "very innocent" of the dangers of casino gambling,[8] and first introduced a bill on the matter in early 1991 which was defeated on the grounds that gambling should not be encouraged by the government.[9]: 99 In December 1991, Harmar-Nicholls introduced the Act in the House of Lords as a private member's bill; it was later introduced into the House of Commons by Peter Fry.[1] It gained royal assent on 6 March 1992, and came into force two months later.[2][10]
Bingo operators felt that the Bingo Act did not go far enough, and that they still faced excessive regulation. Because of the new laws, the National Bingo Game could advertise prize money in the national press, while local clubs were unable to publicise where people could play.[11]
Large parts of the Act were repealed by the Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997,[12] made by Timothy Kirkhope (the then-Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department) under powers in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994.[13][14] The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 reversed the repeals the Act made.[15] The rest of the Act was repealed by the Gambling Act 2005.[16]
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