3(1)It is a condition of private gaming that no charge is made for participation.E+W+S
(2)For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)it is immaterial how a charge is described,
(b)it is immaterial whether a charge is in money or money's worth,
(c)an amount deducted or levied, by a person providing facilities for gaming, from sums staked or won in the course of gaming is a charge for participation in the gaming,
(d)a charge for admission to premises where gaming takes place shall be treated as a charge for participation in the gaming, and
(e)a stake is not a charge for participation.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 15 para. 3 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)