I move:
(1) That there shall be charged, levied and paid for and upon every licence to act and carry on business as a bookmaker issued under any Act passed or to be passed during the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1931, an excise duty at the following rates, that is to say—
(a) where the date on which such licence commences is a date after the 6th day of May, 1931, and before the 1st day of June, 1931, seven pounds and ten shillings,
(b) where the date on which such licence commences is a date on or after the 1st day of June, 1931, and before the 1st day of September, 1931, five pounds,
(c) where the date on which such licence commences is a date on or after the 1st day of September, 1931, and before the 30th day of November, 1931, two pounds and ten shillings,
(d) where the date on which such licence commences is a date on or after the 30th day of November, 1931, ten pounds.
(2) It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).
This is a continuance of the bookmakers' licences in view of the passage of the Bill which is before the House.