Finance Act 2000

4(1)In section 23(2) (amount of duty)—U.K.

(a)in paragraph (b) for “column 2, column 3 or column 4 of the Table" substitute “ Category A, Category B, Category C, Category D or Category E ”;

(b)for “the rate in column 2, the rate in column 3, or the rate in column 4" substitute “ the rate for the category of machine in question in column 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Table ”;

(c)for the Table substitute—

TABLE

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Period (in months) for which licence grantedCategory ACategory BCategory CCategory DCategory E
£££££
1308080165220
250150160320425
375220230470615
495285300605800
5120345360735970
61404004208551,125
71604504759651,270
81855005251,0651,405
92055405701,1551,525
102255806101,2401,635
112406156501,3101,730
122506456801,3751,815

(2)At the end of section 23 insert—

(3)The machines comprised in each category referred to in this section are as follows—

Category A: any machine which is not a gaming machine;

Category B: any gaming machine which is a small-prize machine or five-penny machine;

Category C: any gaming machine which is a medium-prize machine, unless it is also a five-penny machine;

Category D: any gaming machine which is a ten-penny machine, unless it is also—

(a)a five-penny machine,

(b)a small-prize machine, or

(c)a medium-prize machine;

Category E: any machine which is not in any other category..