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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 4028

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Medium-prize Machines) Order 2001

  Made 17th December 2001 
  Laid before the House of Commons 20th December 2001 
  Coming into force 14th January 2002 

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 22(3) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Medium-prize Machines) Order 2001 and comes into force on 14th January 2002.

     2. In section 22(2)(b) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981[2] for "£15" substitute "£25".


Martin Brown
Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King's Beam House
22 Upper Ground
LONDON
SE1 9PJ
17th December 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order comes into force on 14th January 2002. It increases, from £15 to £25, the maximum amount that an amusement machine may pay out for a single game before it ceases to be a medium-prize machine for the purposes of the amusement machine licence duty.

Notes:

 [1] 1981 c. 63; section 22(3) was substituted by the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 3(2) and was amended by the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Schedule 2, paragraph 3(2); section 33(1) defines "the Commissioners" as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.back

[2] Section 22(2) was substituted by the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 3(2) and was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Schedule 3, paragraph 3(2) and by the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1).back


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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 2 January 2002

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