SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9U.K. Exemptions

Part IIU.K. The Groups

Group 4— Betting, gaming [F1, dutiable machine games] and lotteriesU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 66(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 24 para. 64(5)(a)

Notes:U.K.

(1)[F2 Items 1 and 1A do] not include—

(a)admission to any premises; or

F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the provision by a club of such facilities to its members as are available to them on payment of their subscription but without further charge; F4...

F4(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(1A)Item 1 does not apply to the provision of facilities to the extent that the facilities are used to play a relevant machine game (as defined in section 23A).]

[F6(2)”Game of chance”—

(a)includes—

(i)a game that involves both an element of chance and an element of skill,

(ii)a game that involves an element of chance that can be eliminated by superlative skill, and

(iii)a game that is presented as involving an element of chance, but

(b)does not include a sport.

(3)A person plays a game of chance if he participates in a game of chance—

(a)whether or not there are other participants in the game, and

(b)whether or not a computer generates images or data taken to represent the actions of other participants in the game.

(4)”Prize” does not include the opportunity to play the game again.]

F7(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Note (1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 66(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 24 para. 64(3)(a)

F3 Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Note (1)(b) omitted (retrospective to 27.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 113(2)(6)

F4 Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Note (1)(d) and word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 66(4) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 24 para. 64(3)(b)

F5Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Note (1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 66(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 24 para. 64(4)

F6Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Notes (2)-(4) substituted for Notes (2)-(8) (1.11.2006) by The Value Added Tax (Betting, Gaming and Lotteries) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2685), arts. 1, 2(c)

F7Sch. 9 Pt. II Group 4 Notes (5)-(11) omitted (retrospective to 27.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 113(3)(6)