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The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2374 · Made 8 September 1995

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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

Made 8th September 1995

Laid before the House of Commons 11th September 1995

Coming into force 1st October 1995

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 22(3) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 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; 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. 2Revocation
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Gaming machine licence duty
  5. 5Bingo duty
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st October 1995.

2Revocation

The Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1984f1, the Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1992f2, the Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1993f3 and the Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1994f4 are hereby revoked.

3Interpretation

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

4Gaming machine licence duty

(1)

Section 22(2) of the Actf1 shall be amended as follows, for “£6” there shall be substituted “£8”.

(2)

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Actf2 shall have effect as if—

(a)

for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “25p”;

(b)

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

(c)

for the smaller amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted “£4”;

(d)

for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(ii) and (3)(a) and (b) there were substituted, in each case, “£8”; and

(e)

for the larger amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted “£8”.

5Bingo duty

Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Actf1 shall have effect as if—

(a)

for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “£1”;

(b)

for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b) there were substituted “£100”; and

(c)

for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(c) there were substituted “£1”.

Signature

D. J. Howard

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

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

8th September 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 1995, increases from £6 to £8 the maximum amount (in money or money’s worth) which a gaming machine may pay out for a single game before it ceases to qualify as a small-prize machine. It also increases—

(a)

the maximum permitted amount to play a gaming machine once (from 20p to 25p), and

(b)

the maximum permitted prize levels for a single play (from £3 in cash to £4 in cash, and from £6 in money and non-monetary prizes to £8 in money and non-monetary prizes),

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

The Order also raises the monetary limits which must be observed for small scale commercial amusements to qualify for exemption from bingo duty. It increases the maximum amounts permitted—

(a)

to be paid by a single player for a card (from 30p to £1);

(b)

to be paid by all players for a single game (from £25 to £100); and

(c)

to be distributed as a money prize (from 30p to £1).