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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 25 March 1999 - onwards

118. Increase in penalties for betting offences.

(1) The Finance Act, 1926, is hereby amended -

(a) in section 24, by the substitution in subsection (4) (as substituted by section 69(1)(a) of the Finance Act, 1982) of "£1,500" for "£800", and

(b) in section 25, by the substitution in subsection (2) (as substituted by section 69(1)(b) of the Finance Act, 1982) of "£1,500" for "£800".

(2) Section 2 of the Betting Act, 1931, is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (2) (as substituted by section 69(2) of the Finance Act, 1982) of "£1,500" for "£800".

(3) Section 76 of the Finance Act, 1984, is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (8)(b) of "£1,500" for "£1,000".

(4) Section 42 of the Finance Act, 1989, is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (3) of "£1,500" for "£1,000".