(1)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].
(2)Such a licence shall be known as [F8an amusement machine licence][F9and, if it is granted with respect to a machine, rather than with respect to premises, as a special amusement machine licence.]]
[F10(3)[F11An amusement machine licence] may be granted for a period of a month, or of any number of months not exceeding twelve, beginning on any day of any month.]
[F12(4)A special amusement machine licence shall be granted only—
(a)for a small prize machine,
(b)if conditions prescribed by the Commissioners by regulations are satisfied in relation to the application for the licence, the applicant and the machine, and
(c)for a period of twelve months.
(5)The following are excepted machines—
(a)machines that are not gaming machines,
(b)a gaming machine in respect of which—
(i)the cost of a single game does not exceed 30p,
(ii)the maximum value of the prize for winning a single game does not exceed £8, and
(iii)the maximum cash component of the prize for winning a single game does not exceed £5,
(c)a gaming machine in respect of which—
(i)the cost of a single game does not exceed 10p, F13...
(ii)the maximum value of the prize for winning a single game does not exceed [F14£15,] and
[F15(iii)the maximum cash component of the prize for winning a single game does not exceed £8,]
[F16(ca)a gaming machine in respect of which—
(i)the cost of a single game does not exceed £1,
(ii)the maximum value of the prize for winning a single game does not exceed £50, and
(iii)any prize that can be won is neither money nor something that can be exchanged for or used in place of money or that can be exchanged for something other than money, and]
(d)two-penny machines.]
[F17(6)To the extent that a prize consists of anything other than money, its value for the purposes of this section and sections 22 and 23 below is—
(a)in the case of a voucher or token that may be exchanged for, or used in place of, an amount of money, that amount,
(b)in the case of a voucher or token that does not fall within paragraph (a) and that may be exchanged for something other than money, the cost that the person providing the machine would incur in obtaining that thing from a person who is not a connected person, and
(c)in any other case, the cost that the person providing the machine would incur in obtaining the prize from a person who is not a connected person.
(7)[F18Section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010] (connected persons) applies for the purposes of subsection (6).]]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21 substituted by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 12:2), s. 7(1)(2) Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 2
F2Words in s. 21(1) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a).
F3Words in s. 21(1) substituted (27.7.1993 with application in relation to licences for any period beginning on or after 1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 16(2)(9)
F4Words in s. 21(1) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a).
F5Words substituted by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 12:2), s. 8, Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1(1)
F6Words following “force” in subsection (1) to the end of subsection (2) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 6, Sch. 3 para. 3(2).
F8Words in s. 21(2) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(b).
F10S. 21(3) substituted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 6, Sch. 3 para. 1(2).
F11Words in s. 21(3) substituted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 14, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(c).
F12S. 21(4)(5) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 12(8) of the amending Act) for s. 21(3AA)-(3E) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 12(1) (with s. 12(9)-(11))
F13Word in s. 21(5)(c)(i) omitted (1.6.2009 retrospective) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 22(4)(a)(12)
F14S. 21(5)(c)(ii) substituted (1.6.2009 retrospective) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 22(4)(b)(12)
F15S. 21(5)(c)(iii) inserted (1.6.2009 retrospective) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 22(4)(c)(12)
F16S. 21(5)(ca) inserted (1.6.2009 retrospective) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 22(5)(12)
F17S. 21(6)(7) inserted (1.6.2009 retrospective) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 22(6)(12)
F18Words in s. 21(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 175 (with Sch. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 21(3) extended (1.5.1994 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 3 para. 5 of the amending act) by 1994 c. 9, s. 6, Sch. 3 para. 5(5)(6).
S. 21(3) extended (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to gaming machine licences granted for any period beginning on or after 1.4.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 6, Sch. 3 para. 4(3)(4).