Regulation 10 AutoplayI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This regulation applies to a gaming machine, other than a casino jackpot gaming machine, which—

(a)

is made available for use, and

(b)

is designed or adapted to allow a charge for use to be paid by using an amount of the deposited sum in relation to the machine.

(2)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a charge for use in respect of such a gaming machine must not be payable by means of an autoplay facility.

(3)

The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply to a gaming machine which is designed or adapted so that it meets the conditions in paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4)

The first condition is that—

(a)

a person using the machine is required to perform at least one action in relation to the machine to make an amount of the deposited sum capable of being used to pay a charge for use by means of an autoplay facility, and

(b)

any such action is in addition to a separate action that the person is required to perform to cause the whole or part of that amount to be used to pay more than one charge for use by means of such a facility.

(5)

The second condition is that each amount dealt with in accordance with paragraph (4)(a) does not exceed—

(a)

in relation to a Category A, B1, B2, B3, or B3A machine, £10; and

(b)

in relation to a Category B4 or C machine, £5.

(6)

In these Regulations—

“autoplay facility” means any facility which enables a person using a gaming machine to pay more than one charge for use in respect of the machine without performing at least one separate action in respect of each charge for use; and
“casino jackpot gaming machine” means a gaming machine which—
1. (a)
  immediately before 1st September 2007 is—
  1. (i)
    a machine to which Part 3 of the Gaming Act 1968^f1 applies, and
  2. (ii)
    designed or adapted to be used for gaming in accordance with section 31 of that Act on premises in respect of which a licence under that Act is in force, other than bingo club premises (as defined in section 20 of that Act); and
2. (b)
  on or after 1st September 2007 is not adapted, other than—
  1. (i)
    to alter its maximum charge for use or prize value; or
  2. (ii)
    to comply with the requirements of regulation 3.

(7)

The prohibition in paragraph (2) does not apply, in the case of a gaming machine manufactured before 1st March 2008, until 1st September 2008.

Regulation 10 AutoplayI1

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