Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

20 Supplementary provisions as to bingo duty

(1) The provisions of Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act (supplementary provisions as to bingo duty) shall have effect.

(2) In sections 17 to 19 above and in Schedule 3 to this Act—

• " bingo " includes any version of that game, by whatever name called;

• " Great Britain" includes the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain ;

• " money " includes any token, voucher or other object given by a player in exchange for cards and recognised for the purpose of the exchange to represent a particular sum of money;

• " prize" means anything won or to be won at bingo, whether money or something else having a value, and " value " and " paid ", in relation to prizes, shall be construed accordingly;

• " the promoter ", in relation to bingo, means the person to whom the players look for the payment of prizes, and " promote" and " promotion" shall be construed accordingly; and

• "week" means a period of seven days beginning with Monday.

(3) In proceedings relating to bingo duty under the customs and excise Acts an averment in any process that a particular game is a version of bingo shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that it is so.