{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/amusement-machine-licence-duty-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/amusement-machine-licence-duty-amendment-regulations-1997/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/859",
  "legislation_title": "The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/amusement-machine-licence-duty-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which come into force on 14th April 1997, amend the Amusement Machine Licence Duty Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2631). They increase the total number of unlicensed spare or broken down machines that may be kept on premises where licensed machines are available for play. Previously only one unlicensed spare machine could be kept on premises other than arcades, this has now been increased to two where there are four or more licensed machines on the premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/859/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:00.354507+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}