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

S.I. 1992/2954 · made 2 December 1992

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.

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

## Introductory text

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

## 1 Citation, 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.

## 2 Citation, commencement and revocation

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

## 3 Variations 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) there shall be substituted “£6” for “£4.80”.
(3) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2954 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-machine-licence-duty-variation-of-monetary-limits-and-exemptions-order-1992
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