Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1999
EXCISE
The Gaming Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
20th July 2006
Laid before the House of Commons
24th July 2006
Coming into force
1st October 2006
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(4) and 14(1) of the Finance Act 1997( 1 ):
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 1st October 2006.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “quarter” means the first three months of an accounting period.
Application and revocation
3. —(1) These Regulations apply in the case of payments on account of gaming duty for any quarter that ends on or after 31st October 2006.
(2)The Gaming Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2004( 2 ) are revoked.
The amount of payments on account
4. For the purpose of calculating payments on account of gaming duty in the cases to which these Regulations apply, substitute the following Table for the Table in regulation 5 of the Gaming Duty Regulations 1997( 3 ):
Table
| Part of gross gaming yield | Rate |
|---|---|
| The first £273,250 | 2.5 per cent. |
| The next £606,250 | 12.5 per cent. |
| The next £606,250 | 20 per cent. |
| The next £1,062,000 | 30 per cent. |
| The remainder | 40 per cent. |
David Varney
Mike Eland
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
20th July 2006
1997 (c. 16) ; section 10 defines “gaming duty”; section 15(2) provides for sections 10 to 14 and Schedule 1 to be construed as one with the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) and section 1(1) of that Act defines “the Commissioners”; section 15(3) defines “accounting period”. The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) . Section 50(1) of that Act provides that a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
S.I. 2004/2243 , which substituted a new Table for the Table in Regulation 5 of the Gaming Duty Regulations 1997.