Finance Act, 1926

Registered bookmaking premises duty.

23.—(1) An excise duty of twenty pounds shall be charged, levied, and paid on the registration and also on every renewal of the registration of any premises in any register of premises maintained under any Act passed or to be passed in the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1926, providing for the registration of premises in which the business of bookmaking is carried on.

(2) The duty imposed by this section shall be charged and levied on and shall be paid by the person who is entered in such register as the proprietor of the premises in respect of the registration or renewal of the registration of which the duty is chargeable.