Part I Betting Duties

F2F1Pool betting duty

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2

Cross-heading and ss. 1-5D substituted (6.10.2001 with effect as mentioned in art. 2 of the commencing S.I.) for ss. 1-5 by 2001 c. 9, s. 6, Sch. 1; S.I. 2001/3089, art. 2

F1

Ss. 6-8C and preceding cross-heading substituted for ss. 6-8 (24.7.2002 for specified purposes and otherwise retrospective to 31.3.2002 with effect as mentioned in s. 12(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 12, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 2

7B Net pool betting receipts: meaning of “dutiable pool bet”

1

For the purposes of a calculation under section 7A of the amount of a person’s net pool betting receipts for any accounting period, a bet (wherever made) is a “dutiable pool bet” if—

a

the bet is made by way of pool betting, and

b

the following conditions are satisfied.

2

The first condition is that—

a

the bet is made by means of a totalisator situated in the United Kingdom and that person is the operator, or

b

the bet is made otherwise than by means of a totalisator and that person is the promoter and is in the United Kingdom.

3

The second condition is that the bet is not—

a

made by way of sponsored pool betting,

b

made as mentioned in section 4(3), or

c

made for community benefit.

4

The third condition is that if the bet was made before 31st March 2002, at least one event to which it relates takes place on or after that date.