{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-licence-duty-regulations-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-licence-duty-regulations-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1602",
  "legislation_title": "The Gaming Machine Licence Duty Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-licence-duty-regulations-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations modify the arrangements for administration of gaming machine licence duty, consequent on the more flexible licensing system introduced in the Finance Act 1987. They replace the Gaming Machine (Licence Duty) Regulations 1984.\nThe Regulations also make provision for spare unlicensed gaming machines to be kept on the same premises as licensed machines subject to prescribed conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1602/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:58:32.352645+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."
}