HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 cc260-1

Resolved,

That—

(1) In section 21 of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981, for paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (3A) there shall be substituted— (c) a fifty-penny machine that is not a gaming machine.". (2) For subsection (3B) of that section there shall be (2) substituted— (3B) For the purposes of this section an amusement machine is a fifty-penny machine if, and only if—

  1. (a) where it is a machine on which a game can be played solo, the price for a solo game does not exceed 50p; and
  2. (b) where it is a machine on which a game can be played by more than one person at a time, the price to participate in such a game does not exceed 50p.".
(3) In subsection (3C) of that section, for "35p", in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted "50p".

(4) In section 25 of that Act, in subsections (4) and (6), for "an excepted video machine falling within section 21(3A)(d) above" there shall be substituted "a fifty-penny machine within section 21(3B) above".

(5) This Resolution shall have effect in relation to the provision of an amusement machine at any time on or after 1st May 2002.

And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.