(1)Section 5 of the 1976 Act (societies’ lotteries) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) (conditions that must be satisfied for a lottery not to be unlawful) in paragraph (b) (society to be registered under Schedule 1 to that Act) for “Schedule 1 to this Act” there shall be substituted “ the appropriate Schedule ”.
(3)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)The appropriate Schedule for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) above—
(a)is Schedule 1 to this Act if none of subsections (3B) to (3D) below applies to the lottery;
(b)is Schedule 1A to this Act if any of those subsections applies to the lottery.
(3B)This subsection applies to a lottery if the total value of the tickets or chances sold or to be sold in the lottery is more than £20,000.
(3C)This subsection applies to a lottery if the total value of—
(a)the tickets or chances sold or to be sold in the lottery, and
(b)the tickets or chances sold or to be sold in all earlier lotteries held by the same society in the same year,
is more than £250,000.
(3D)This subsection applies to a lottery if subsection (3B) or (3C) above applied to any earlier lottery held by the same society in the same year or any of the three preceding years.
(3E)For the purposes of this section—
(a)a lottery is earlier than another lottery if any tickets or chances in it are sold, distributed or offered for sale before any tickets or chances in the other lottery are sold, distributed or offered for sale, and
(b)a lottery is held in the year in which the date of the lottery falls.
(3F)In this section “year” means a period of twelve months beginning with 1st January.”
(4)In subsection (5) (which introduces Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act) for “Schedule 1” there shall be substituted “ Schedules 1 and 1A ”.
(5)Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (registration of societies) shall have effect with the amendments set out in Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act.
(6)After Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Part II of Schedule 7 to this Act.