12U.K.In subsection (6) of section 24 of the 1981 Act (penalty for knowingly or recklessly contravening section 24) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a)on summary conviction to a penalty—
(i)of the prescribed sum, or
(ii)of an amount equal to three times the amount of duty payable on a whole-year gaming machine licence for those premises and that machine or, where more than one machine has been provided on those premises in contravention of this section, those machines (whether or not the duty has been paid),
whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such penalty and imprisonment;”.