The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/859
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 14th April 1997.

Section 2

(1) Regulation 4 of the Amusement Machine Licence Duty Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the word “those” there shall be substituted “another machine”; and

(b) in the proviso, after the word “but” there shall be inserted “(subject to paragraph (1A) below)”.

(3) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

(1A) Where the number of machines licensed on the premises exceeds three paragraph (1) above shall apply as if for the words “one machine” there were substituted “two machines”; but this paragraph shall not apply unless for each machine that is spare or broken down there is licensed on the premises another machine of the same type for duty purposes.