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The Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/2954 · Made 2 December 1992

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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

Made 2nd December 1992

Laid before the House of Commons 10th December 1992

Coming into force 1st January 1993

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 22(3) of and by 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 the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 3; section 33(1) defines “the Commissioners”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and revocation
  2. 2Citation, commencement and revocation
  3. 3Variations of monetary limits and exemptions
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and revocation

This Order may be cited as the Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

2Citation, commencement and revocation

The Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1989f1 is hereby revoked.

3Variations of monetary limits and exemptions

(1)

The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In section 22(2) (small-prize machines)f1 there shall be substituted “£6” for “£4.80”.

(3)

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4f2 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted—

(i)

the amount of “£3” for the amount of “£2.40” (occurring in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (iii)); and

(ii)

the amount of “£6” for the amount of “£4.80” (occurring in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(ii) and (iii));

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the amount of “£6” for the amount of “£4.80” (occurring in three places);

(c)

in sub-paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the amount of “£3” for the amount, or aggregate amount, of “£2.40”.

Signature

Leonard Harris

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King’s Beam House,

22 Upper Ground,

London SE1 9PJ

2nd December 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the maximum amount (in money or money’s worth) which a gaming machine may pay out for a single game if it is to qualify as a small-prize machine.

This Order also increases the maximum permitted prize levels for a single play, under the exemption from gaming machine licence duty for gaming by machine at a pleasure fair.