SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Bingo Duty

Part I Exemption from Duty

Small-scale amusements provided commercially

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1

Bingo duty shall not be charged in respect 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 M1Lotteries 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;

F1aa

on any premises in Northern Ireland in respect of which an amusement permit under Article 111 of the M2Betting, 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 F2an 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.