Part II Gaming Duties
Gaming machine licence duty
F121 Gaming machine licence duty.
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Except in the cases specified in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act, no gaming machine (other than F2an excepted machine) shall be provided for gaming on any premises situated in F3the United Kingdom unless there is for the time being in force—
a
a licence granted under this Part of this Act with respect to the premises; or
b
a licence so granted with respect to the machine.
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A licence of either kind granted under this Part of this Act shall be known as a gaming machine licence; and in this Part “ordinary licence” means a licence falling within subsection (1)(a) above and “special licence” means one falling within subsection (1)(b).
F4C13
A gaming machine licence may be a whole-year, a half-year or a quarter-year licence and shall be granted for a period of twelve, six or three months beginning with the first day of any month.
F53A
For the purposes of this section an excepted machine is—
a
a two-penny machine, or
b
a five-penny machine which is a small-prize machine.
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