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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128</dc:identifier><dc:title>Finance Act 2014</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-09-11</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-06-25</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 3</Strong>
        </Number><Title>General betting duty, pool betting duty and remote gaming duty</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/part/3/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/part/3/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="19" RestrictStartDate="2026-03-18" id="part-3-chapter-1"><Number>CHAPTER 1</Number><Title>General betting duty</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/part/3/chapter/1/crossheading/general-and-spread-bets" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/part/3/chapter/1/crossheading/general-and-spread-bets" NumberOfProvisions="9" id="part-3-chapter-1-crossheading-general-and-spread-bets" RestrictStartDate="2026-03-18"><Title><Emphasis>General <Addition ChangeId="key-486d108b7ba125a669961482cd3a27b6-1777451465755" CommentaryRef="key-486d108b7ba125a669961482cd3a27b6">, remote</Addition>  and spread bets</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2014-07-17" ConfersPower="true"><Title>Spread bets</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128" id="section-128"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">128</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/1" id="section-128-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A bet is a spread bet for the purposes of this Part if it constitutes a contract the making or accepting of which is a regulated activity within the meaning of section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/2" id="section-128-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this Part—</Text><UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-financial-spread-bet">financial spread bet</Term>” means a spread bet the subject of which is a financial matter, and</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term id="term-non-financial-spread-bet">non-financial spread bet</Term>” means any other spread bet.</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3" id="section-128-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Commissioners may by regulations provide that a specified matter—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3/a" id="section-128-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>is to be treated as a financial matter for the purposes of subsection (2), or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/section/128/3/b" id="section-128-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>is not to be treated as a financial matter for those purposes.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-486d108b7ba125a669961482cd3a27b6" Type="F"><Para><Text>Word in <CitationSubRef id="c663wmtp6-00019" SectionRef="part-3-chapter-1-crossheading-general-and-spread-bets" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/26/part/3/chapter/1/crossheading/general-and-spread-bets">s. 126 cross-heading</CitationSubRef> inserted (for accounting periods beginning on or after 1.4.2027) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/11" id="c663wmtp6-00020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2026" Number="11" Title="Finance Act 2026">Finance Act 2026 (c. 11)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c663wmtp6-00020" id="c663wmtp6-00021" SectionRef="section-87-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/11/section/87/2" Operative="true">s. 87(2)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="c663wmtp6-00020" id="c663wmtp6-00022" SectionRef="section-87-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/11/section/87/7">(7)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c663wmtp6-00020" id="c663wmtp6-00023" SectionRef="section-87-8" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/11/section/87/8">s. 87(8)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="c663wmtp6-00020" id="c663wmtp6-00024" SectionRef="section-87-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/11/section/87/9">(9)</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>