The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/1839
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Monetary Amounts) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

Section 2 Amendment

Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Article 4(2) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995 shall be omitted.

Section 3 Interpretation

In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981.

Section 4 Amusement machine licence duty

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act shall have effect as if–

(a) for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) there were substituted “30p”;

(b) for the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (2)(b)(i) and (4) there were substituted, in each case, “£5”; and

(c) for the smaller amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii) there were substituted“£5” .