SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Bingo Duty
Part I Exemption from Duty
Domestic bingo
1
F1In calculating liability to bingo duty no account shall be taken of bingo played both in a private dwelling and on a domestic occasion.
F2 Small-scale bingo
2
1
This paragraph applies where entitlement to participate in non-licensed bingo depends on a person’s being—
a
a member of a group or organisation,
b
a guest of a member of a group or organisation, or
c
a guest of a group or organisation.
2
Payments in respect of entitlement to participate in the non-licensed bingo shall not be brought into account in relation to any person for the purpose of section 19.
3
Winnings at the non-licensed bingo shall not be brought into account in relation to any person for the purpose of section 20.
2A
1
In the case of non-licensed bingo to which paragraph 2 does not apply—
a
payments in respect of entitlement to participate in the non-licensed bingo shall not be brought into account in relation to any person for the purpose of section 19 (subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) below), and
b
winnings at the non-licensed bingo shall not be brought into account in relation to any person for the purpose of section 20 (subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) below).
2
If on a day winnings at non-licensed bingo promoted by a person exceed £500, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the person in respect of the accounting period in which that day falls and the next two accounting periods.
3
If stakes exceeding in aggregate £500 are hazarded on a day at non-licensed bingo promoted by a person, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the person in respect of the accounting period in which that day falls and the next two accounting periods.
4
If in an accounting period winnings at non-licensed bingo promoted by a person exceed £7,500, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the person in respect of that accounting period and the next two accounting periods.
5
If stakes exceeding in aggregate £7,500 are hazarded in an accounting period at non-licensed bingo promoted by a person, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the person in respect of that accounting period and the next two accounting periods.
6
For the purposes of this paragraph winnings at bingo shall be valued in accordance with section 20(2) to (6).
Non-profit-making bingo
2B
In calculating liability to bingo duty no account shall be taken of bingo to which there apply (without any exception or modification by virtue of regulations) both—
a
section 3 of the Gaming Act 1968 or Article 56 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (prohibition on charging for participation), and
b
section 4 of that Act or Article 57 of that Order (prohibition of levy on stakes or winnings).
Small-scale amusements provided commercially
5
1
F3In calculating liability to bingo duty no account shall be taken of bingo played in compliance with the conditions of this paragraph—
a
on any premises in respect of which a permit under section 16 of the M2Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (provision of amusements with prizes) has been granted in accordance with Schedule 3 to that Act and is for the time being in force;
F4aa
on any premises in Northern Ireland in respect of which an amusement permit under Article 111 of the M1Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 or a pleasure permit under Article 157 of that Order has been granted;
b
on any premises in respect of which there is for the time being in force both F5an amusement machine licence under this Act and a permit granted under section 34 of the M3Gaming Act 1968, not being premises in respect of which a club or a miners’ welfare institute within the meaning of the Gaming Act 1968 is for the time being registered under Part III of that Act; or
c
at any pleasure fair consisting wholly or mainly of amusements provided by travelling showmen, which is held on any day of a year on premises not previously used in that year for more than twenty-seven days for the holding of such a pleasure fair.
2
The conditions of this paragraph are that—
C1a
the amount payable by any person for a card for any one game of bingo does not exceed 20p;
C2b
the total amount taken as payment by players for their cards for any one games does not exceed £10;
C3c
no money prize exceeding 20p is distributed or offered;
d
the winning of, or the purchase of a chance to win, a prize does not entitle any person (whether subject to a further payment by him or not) to any further opportunity to win money or money’s worth by taking part in any gaming or in any lottery; and
e
in the case of such a pleasure fair as is described above, the opportunity to play bingo is not the only, or the only substantial, inducement to persons to attend the fair.
Machine bingo
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Power to increase limits of exemptions
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The Commissioners may by order provide that any provision of this Part of this Schedule which is specified in the order and which mentions a sum shall have effect (whether as from a date so specified or in relation to events taking place on or after a date so specified) as if for that sum there were substituted such larger sum as may be specified in the order.
Sch. 3 paras. 2, 2A and heading substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 9(10) of the amending Act) for Sch. 3 para. 2 by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 9(3)