Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1358

The Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1989

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1989 No. 1358

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1989

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6(4) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981^[1] (hereinafter called "the Act") and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1989, and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

    2.    In section 6(3) of the Act, the relevant monetary limits shall be those referred to in the provisions of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976^[2] specified in section 6(4) of the Act, as those provisions have effect on 1st September 1989.

    3.    The Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1985^[3] is hereby revoked.

P. G. Wilmott

Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King's Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ

3rd August 1989

Lotteries which conform with certain monetary limits specified in the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 as those limits applied on 1st May 1985 are exempt from pool betting duty. From 1st September 1989 the limits relating to the maximum price of a ticket or chance and to the maximum prizes and maximum value of tickets will be increased under the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1218) as follows:-

	Previous Limit	New Limit
Maximum price of a ticket or chance in a society's lottery or local lottery	50p	£1
Maximum prizes in		short-term lotteries £3,000 £6,000 medium-term lotteries £4,500 £9,000 any other lotteries £6,000 £12,000
Maximum total value tickets in		short-term lotteries £30,000 £45,000 medium-term lotteries £60,000 £90,000 any other lotteries £120,000 £180,000

The present Order makes corresponding changes for duty purposes so that lotteries which conform with the revised limits under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 will continue to enjoy exemption from pool betting duty.

This Order replaces the Pool Betting Duty (Exemptions) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/515).

[1] 1981 c. 63. back

[2] 1976 c. 32. back

[3] S.I. 1985/515. back