IntroductoryE+W+S
26 Scope of Part III.E+W+S
(1)This Part of this Act applies to any machine which—
(a)is constructed or adapted for playing a game of chance by means of the machine, and
(b)has a slot or other aperture for the insertion of money or money’s worth F1... .
(2)In the preceding subsection the reference to playing a game of chance by means of a machine includes playing a game of chance partly by means of a machine and partly by other means if (but only if) the element of chance in the game is provided by means of the machine.
(3)In this Part of this Act “charge for play” means an amount paid in money or money’s worth by or on behalf of a player in order to play one or more games by means of a machine to which this Part of this Act applies.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 26(1)(b) omitted (16.12.2003) by virtue of The Regulatory Reform (Gaming Machines) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3275), arts. 1(1), 2(2)