Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981

[F1 [F2 7B Net pool betting receipts: meaning of “dutiable pool bet” U.K.

(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) F3 . . . that person is the promoter and is in the United Kingdom.

(3) The second condition is that the bet is not—

[F4 (a) made wholly in relation to horse racing or dog racing,]

(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.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 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

F2 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

F3 Words in s. 7B(2)(b) repealed (with effect as mentioned in s. 15(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004), ss. 15(4)(a), 326, {Sch. 42 Pt. 1(2)}

F4 S. 7B(3)(a) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 15(10) of the amending Act) for s. 7B(3)(a)(b) by Finance Act 2004), {s. 15(4)(b)}