Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

2 (1) General betting duty shall be under the care and management of the Commissioners and shall be accounted for by such persons, and accounted for and paid at such times and in such manner, as may be required by or under regulations of the Commissioners.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Schedule, the Commissioners may make regulations providing for any matter for which provision appears to them to be necessary for the administration or enforcement of general betting duty or for the protection of the revenue from general betting duty.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may in particular—

(a) provide for payments on account of the duty which may become chargeable to be made in advance by means of stamps or otherwise, and for that purpose apply, with any necessary adaptations, any of the provisions of the M1 Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (including the penal provisions repealed save as to Scotland by the M2 Forgery Act 1913);

(b) provide for such payments to be made through the persons providing, at the place where any event is or is to be held, facilities for persons engaging or proposing to engage at that place in an activity by reason of which they are or may be or become liable for duty;

(c) require persons providing such facilities as aforesaid at any place to perform other functions in connection with the payment of or accounting for duty by persons engaging or proposing to engage as aforesaid at that place, including the refusal to any of the last-mentioned persons of access to that place unless the requirements of any regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) above have been complied with;

(d) otherwise provide for the giving of security by means of a deposit or otherwise for duty or to become due.

(4) Regulations under this paragraph may also in particular include provision—

(a) for the furnishing to such persons or displaying in such manner of such information or records as the regulations may require by persons engaging or proposing to engage in any activity by reason of which they are or may be or become liable for duty [F1 or would be or might be or become liable for duty if on-course bets were not excluded from duty], and by persons providing facilities for another to engage in such activity or entering into any transaction with another in the course of any such activity of his;

(b) for the keeping, preservation and production of accounts, records or other documents by persons engaging in any such activity;

(c) for the inspection of the accounts, records and other documents of persons engaging or suspected of engaging in any such activity, and of premises or equipment used or suspected of being used by such persons for or in connection with any such activity and of any other premises where any such activity is carried on.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Finance Act 1987 (c. 16, SIF 12:2), s. 3(b)(4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1891 c. 38(114).

M2 1913 c. 27.