PART IIGaming Duties
Gaming machine licence duty
21Gaming machine licences
(1)
Except in the cases specified in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act, the authority of a licence (to be known as a gaming machine licence) shall be required for the provision of any gaming machine (other than a penny machine) for gaming on any premises situated in Great Britain.
(2)
A gaming machine licence shall be either—
(a)
a whole-year licence for the period from 1st October in any year to 30th September in the following year (both dates inclusive), or
(b)
a half-year licence for the period from 1st October in any year to 31st March in the following year or from 1st April in any year to 30th September in that year (all dates inclusive).