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The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1839 · Made 28 July 1998

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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

Made 28th July 1998

Laid before the House of Commons 29th July 1998

Coming into force 1st October 1998

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 22(3) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to, the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 63; amended by section 14 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to, the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4); section 22(3) was substituted by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 5 to, the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54); section 33(1) defines “the Commissioners” as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Amusement machine licence duty
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

2Amendment

Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 4(2) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995f1 shall be omitted.

3Interpretation

In this Order, “the Act” means the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981.

4Amusement machine licence duty

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act shall have effect as if–

(a)

for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “30p”;

(b)

for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (4) there were substituted, in each case, “£5”; and

(c)

for the smaller amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted“£5”f1.

Signature

New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ

D. J. Howard

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

28th July 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 1998, increases–

(a)

the maximum permitted amount to play an amusement machine once (from 25p to 30p), and

(b)

the maximum permitted prize levels for a single play (from £4 in cash to £5 in cash),

under the exemption from amusement machine licence duty for amusement by machine at a pleasure fair.