Finance Act 1985

3(1)In section 22 (gaming machine licence duty) in subsection (1) for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following subparagraph—

(i)to whether or not the licence authorises the provision of a smallprize machine, and.

(2)For subsections (2) to (4) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(2)For the purposes of this Act a gaming machine is a smallprize machine if the value or aggregate value of the benefits in money or money’s worth, which any player who is successful in a single game played by means of the machine may receive, cannot exceed £3.

(3)The Commissioners may by order substitute for the sum for the time being mentioned in subsection (2) above such higher sum as may be specified in the order, with effect from a date so specified.