Part I Customs and Excise

Duties relating to betting and gaming

12 General Betting Duty.

(1)—(5)

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(6)

The pool betting duty shall not be chargeable on any bet made as mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of this section on or after 24th October 1966, and accordingly from that date—

(a)

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(b)

paragraph 4(a)(i) of Schedule 5 to the M1Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (which relates to the disposal of amounts staked by means of a totalisator on a dog racecourse) for the words “pool betting duty” there shall be substituted the words “general betting duty” ;

and as from that date bookmakers’ licence duty shall cease to be charged.