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 F2amusement machine (other than F3an excepted machine) shall be provided F4for play on any premises situated in F5the United Kingdom unless there is for the time being in force F6a licence granted under this Part of this Act with respect to the premises F7or the machine.

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Such a licence shall be known as F8an amusement machine licenceF9and, if it is granted with respect to a machine, rather than with respect to premises, as a special amusement machine licence.

F10C13

F11An amusement machine licencemay be granted for a period of a month, or of any number of months not exceeding twelve, beginning on any day of any month

F123AA

A special amusement machine licence shall not be granted except where—

a

the machine with respect to which it is granted is of a description of machine for which special amusement machine licences are available;

b

such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioners are satisfied in relation to the application for the licence, the machine and the person by whom the application is made; and

c

the licence is for twelve months.

3AB

Special amusement machine licences shall be available for amusement machines of each of the following descriptions—

a

machines that are not gaming machines; and

b

small prize machines.

F133A

For the purposes of this section an excepted machine is—

a

a two-penny machine, or

F14b

a five-penny machine which is a prize machine without being a gaming machine or which (if it is a gaming machine) is a small-prize machine, or

c

a thirty-five-penny machine which is not a prize machine.

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