SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4F9Amusement Machine Licence duty
Part II Supplementary provisions
Enforcement
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If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Part of this Schedule or regulations, or fails or refuses to comply with any requirement lawfully made of him under this Part of this Schedule or regulations, F1his contravention, failure to comply or refusal shall attract a penalty under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 (civil penalties).
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This paragraph does not apply to any contravention or failure to comply with arrangements under paragraph 7A above or to any failure or refusal to comply with a requirement made under or for the purposes of any such arrangements.
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If a justice of the peace or, in Scotland, a justice (within the meaning of section 462 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act) is satisfied on information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that F10amusement machines are or have been, or are to be, provided F11for play on any premises in contravention of F12section 21(1) or 24 of this Act, he may issue a warrant in writing authorising an officer to enter the premises (if necessary by force) at any time within F13one month of the issue of the warrant and search them.
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An officer who enters premises under the authority of such a warrant may—
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seize and remove any records, accounts or other documents, or any F14amusement machineF15(including any machine appearing to the officer to be an amusement machine or to be capable of being used as such), or any tokens or other thing whatsoever, found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of an offence under section 24 of this Act or paragraph 16 above;
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search any person found on the premises whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or have been concerned with the provision of gaming machines on the premises, or with the management of the premises, or to be or have been responsible for controlling the admission of persons to the premises.
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Where an officer finds F4amusement machines provided on any premises in such circumstances that F5anF6amusement machine licence is required so as to authorise them so to be provided and F7the officer is satisfied, having regard to the number and description of— F8those machines which are authorised by the F6amusement machine licence or licences produced to himthat there has been a contravention of section 21(1) or 24 of this Act, all gaming machines found on the premises shall be liable to forfeiture.
Words in crossheading substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 11(1)(a).