{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pool-betting-duty-exemptions-order-1989/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pool-betting-duty-exemptions-order-1989/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1358",
  "legislation_title": "The Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pool-betting-duty-exemptions-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nLotteries which conform with certain monetary limits specified in the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 as those limits applied on 1st May 1985 are exempt from pool betting duty. From 1st September 1989 the limits relating to the maximum price of a ticket or chance and to the maximum prizes and maximum value of tickets will be increased under the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1218) as follows:–\nPrevious Limit\nNew Limit\nMaximum price of a ticket or chance in a society’s lottery or local lottery\n50p\n£1\nMaximum prizes in\nshort-term lotteries\n£3,000\n£6,000\nmedium-term lotteries\n£4,500\n£9,000\nany other lotteries\n£6,000\n£12,000\nMaximum total value tickets in\nshort-term lotteries\n£30,000\n£45,000\nmedium-term lotteries\n£60,000\n£90,000\nany other lotteries\n£120,000\n£180,000\nThe present Order makes corresponding changes for duty purposes so that lotteries which conform with the revised limits under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 will continue to enjoy exemption from pool betting duty.\nThis Order replaces the Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/515).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1358/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:39:24.465540+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."
}