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1993 No. 752
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1993
Made
16th March 1993
Laid before the House of Commons
16th March 1993
Coming into force
6th April 1993
The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 6th April 1993.
2. Article 3 of the Bingo Duty (Exemptions) Order 1989(2) is hereby revoked.
3. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981(3) (exemption from bingo duty in respect of small scale amusements provided commercially), sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall have effect as if, for the sum of £20 specified in that sub-paragraph, there were substituted the sum of £25.
Leonard Harris
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King's Beam House,
22 Upper Ground,
London SE1 9PJ
16th March 1993
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order raises a monetary limit which must be observed to qualify for exemption from bingo duty. It increases from £20 to £25 the maximum card money per game for small-scale non-dutiable bingo played at fairgrounds and other non-commercial entertainments.
1981 c. 63; section 33(1) defines "the Commissioners".
S.I. 1989/1357.
The sum specified in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 is as substituted by S.I. 1989/1357.