The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998

Made: 28th July 1998

Laid before the House of Commons: 29th July 1998

Coming into force: 1st October 1998

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 22(3) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to, the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981¹ and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

Amendment

2

Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 4(2) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995² shall be omitted.

Interpretation

3

In this Order, “the Act” means the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981.

Amusement machine licence duty

4

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act shall have effect as if–

• (a) for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “30p”;

• (b) for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (4) there were substituted, in each case, “£5”; and

• (c) for the smaller amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted“£5”³.

Signed

New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ

D. J. Howard — Commissioner of Customs and Excise — 28th July 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 1st October 1998, increases–

• (a) the maximum permitted amount to play an amusement machine once (from 25p to 30p), and

• (b) the maximum permitted prize levels for a single play (from £4 in cash to £5 in cash),

under the exemption from amusement machine licence duty for amusement by machine at a pleasure fair.

Footnotes