Finance Act 2007

17 (1) Section 10 (charge to gaming duty) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “section 2(2) of the Gaming Act 1968” substitute “ Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Gambling Act 2005 ”,

(b) in paragraph (b), for “section 6 of that Act” substitute “ section 279 of that Act ”,

(c) omit paragraph (c),

(d) in paragraph (d), omit “section 41 of that Act or”, and

(e) in paragraph (e), for “section 15 or 16 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976” substitute “ Part 13 of that Act ”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(3A) This section does not apply to any gaming taking place by means of a machine that is an amusement machine for the purposes of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981.

(3B) This section does not apply to any lawful gaming which consists of games played in Great Britain at an entertainment in respect of which all the payments made by the players (whether by way of entrance fee or stake or otherwise) are, after making permissible deductions from those payments, applied for a purpose other than that of private gain (within the meaning of the Gambling Act 2005).

(3C) For the purposes of subsection (3B), only the following deductions are permissible deductions—

(a) deductions on account of reasonable expenses incurred in providing the facilities for the purposes of the games, and

(b) deductions for the provision of prizes or awards in respect of the games.”

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Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 25 para. 17(4) omitted (retrospective to 27.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 114(16)(b)(17) (with s. 114(18))

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 25 para. 17 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2532, art. 2