Gaming machine licence duty

4.—(1) Section 22(2) of the Act(1) shall be amended as follows, for “£6” there shall be substituted “£8”.

(2) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act(2) shall have effect as if—

(a)for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “25p”;

(b)for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (4) there were substituted, in each case, “£4”;

(c)for the smaller amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted “£4”;

(d)for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(ii) and (3)(a) and (b) there were substituted, in each case, “£8”; and

(e)for the larger amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted “£8”.

(1)

Section 22(2) was substituted by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54) and amended by article 3 of the Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2954).

(2)

The sum specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) was last substituted by article 4 of the Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2254); the other sums specified in paragraph 2 were last substituted by article 3 of the Gaming Machine Licence Duty (Variation of Monetary Limits and Exemptions) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2954).