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Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

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26Supplementary provisions as to gaming machine licence duty

(1)The provisions of Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act (supplementary provisions as to gaming machine licence duty) shall have effect.

(2)In sections 21 to 25 above and in Schedule 4 to this Act—

  • " coin " means coin lawfully current in the United Kingdom;

  • " Great Britain " includes the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain ;

  • " penny machine " means a gaming machine which, in order to be played once, requires the insertion of—

    (a)

    a single new penny, or

    (b)

    a single new halfpenny, and which cannot be played in any other way; and

  • " premises " includes any place whatsoever and any means of transport.

(3)A machine is provided for gaming on any premises if it is made available on those premises in such a way that persons resorting to them can play it; and where on any premises one or more gaming machines are so made available, any such machine anywhere on the premises shall be treated as provided for gaming on those premises, notwithstanding that it is not so made available or is not in a state in which it can be played.

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