# The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1839 · made 28 July 1998

This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 1998, increases–the maximum permitted amount to play an amusement machine once (from 25p to 30p), andthe maximum permitted prize levels for a single play (from £4 in cash to £5 in cash),

Made under: Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Section 22, Schedule 4 paragraph 3)

## Introductory text

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 1981 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Amendment

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

## 3 Interpretation

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

## 4 Amusement 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”.

## 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1839 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/amusement-machine-licence-duty-monetary-amounts-order-1998
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