SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Amendments about gaming machine licence duty
Licences for periods beginning on or after 1st May 1994
1
1
The M1Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.
2
For section 21(3) (period of gaming machine licences) there is substituted—
3
A gaming machine licence may be granted for a period of a month, or of any number of months not exceeding twelve, beginning on any day of any month
3
Section 22(5) (rates of duty) is omitted.
4
For section 23 (amount of duty) there is substituted—
23 Amount of duty.
1
The amount of duty payable on a gaming machine licence shall be—
a
the appropriate amount for the machine which it authorises, or
b
if it authorises two or more machines, the aggregate of the appropriate amounts for each of those machines.
2
The appropriate amount for each machine shall be determined in accordance with the following Table by reference to—
a
the period for which the licence is granted, and
b
whether the machine falls within column 2 or column 3 of the Table,
and references in this Part to a rate of gaming machine licence duty are references to the rate in column 2 or the rate in column 3.
TABLE
(1) Period (in months) for which licence granted
(2) Small prize or five-penny machines
(3) Other machines
1
50
125
2
90
230
3
130
335
4
170
435
5
210
540
6
245
630
7
290
735
8
330
840
9
365
930
10
405
1,035
11
425
1,090
12
450
1,150
5
In section 24 (restrictions on number of licences)—
a
subsection (2),
b
in subsections (3) and (4), “such”, and
c
in subsection (6)(a), the words from “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (i) to “greater”,
are omitted.
6
In section 26 (supplementary provisions), in subsection (4)—
a
“section 22(5) or” is omitted, and
b
for “those provisions” there is substituted “
that provision
”
.
7
In Part II of Schedule 4 (supplementary provisions) for paragraphs 6 and 7 (applications and duration of licences) there is substituted—
6
An application for a gaming machine licence shall be made to the Commissioners in such form and manner as they may require.
7
The period for which a gaming machine licence is granted shall begin with the day on which application for the licence is received by the Commissioners or, if a later day is specified for that purpose in the application, with that day; and the licence shall expire at the end of that period.
8
Paragraphs 9 to 11A of that Schedule (amendment, etc.) shall not apply at any time before 1st May 1994 to any licence in relation to which this paragraph has effect.
9
This paragraph shall have effect in relation to gaming machine licences granted for any period beginning on or after 1st May 1994.