Part II Gaming Duties

Bingo duty

20CF3Supplementary

1

Part 2 of Schedule 3 to this Act (bingo duty: supplementary) shall have effect.

2

In sections 17 to 20B above, this section and Schedule 3—

  • “bingo” includes any version of that game, whatever name it is called,

  • F1“bingo premises licence” has the same meaning as in Part 8 of the Gambling Act 2005 (see section 150(1)(b)),

  • F2“licensed bingo”—

    1. a

      in Great Britain, means bingo played at premises licensed under a bingo premises licence, and

    2. b

      in Northern Ireland, means bingo played at premises licensed under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985,

  • “prize” means anything won at bingo, and

  • “United Kingdom” includes the territorial sea of the United Kingdom.

3

For the purposes of those provisions, except in relation to combined bingo, the promoter of a game of bingo is—

a

in the case of licensed bingo, the holder of the licence, and

b

in the case of non-licensed bingo, the person who provides the facilities for the game.

4

For the purposes of those provisions in relation to combined bingo a person promotes a game of bingo if he is wholly or partly responsible for organising it or for providing facilities for it.

5

In those provisions a reference to entitlement to participate in a game of bingo includes a reference to an opportunity to participate in a game of bingo in respect of which a charge is made (whether by way of a fee for participation, a stake, or both).

6

In proceedings relating to bingo duty under the customs and excise Acts an averment in any process that a particular game is a version of bingo shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that it is.