Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

Part I Legal and Illegal Lotteries

General illegality of lotteries

1 Illegality of lotteries.

2 General lottery offences.

3 Small lotteries incidental to exempt entertainments.

4 Private lotteries.

5 Societies’ lotteries.

6 Local lotteries.

Part II Provisions Relating to Societies’ Lotteries and Local Lotteries

Provisions relating to local lotteries

7 Purposes of a local lottery.

8 Proceeds of local lotteries.

Provisions relating to societies’ lotteries and local lotteries

9 Schemes for societies’ lotteries and local lotteries.

9A Lottery managers.

10 Frequency of lotteries.

11 Rules for authorised lotteries.

12 Regulations.

13 Offences relating to societies’ lotteries and local lotteries.

Part III Competitions and Amusements

Newspaper and other competitions

14 Prize competitions.

Amusements with prizes

15 Provision of amusements with prizes at exempt entertainments.

16 Provision of amusements with prizes at certain commercial entertainments.

17 Restriction on grant and provisions as to duration and forfeiture of permits.

Part IV Supplementary

18 Powers of Secretary of State as to monetary limits, fees etc.

19 Search warrants.

20 Penalties and forfeitures.

21 Offences by bodies corporate.

22 Meaning of “private gain” in relation to proceeds of entertainments, lotteries and gaming promoted on behalf of certain societies.

23 Interpretation.

24 Orders and regulations.

25 Citation, etc.

SCHEDULE 1Registration of Societies by Local Authorities

Part I Registration

1(1) An application for the registration of a society for...

2An application to the registration authority for the registration of...

3Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, upon application being...

3A(1) The registration authority shall refuse or revoke the registration...

4(1) The registration authority may, after giving the society an...

4AThe registration authority may, after giving the society an opportunity...

5Where the registration of any society has been refused or...

6Where the registration of any society has been refused or...

7Where the registration authority revoke a registration under paragraph 4...

8A society which is for the time being registered under...

9Every society which is registered under this Part of this...

10Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the registration of...

Part II Returns

11Subject to paragraph 12 below, the promoter of a society’s...

12Paragraph 11 above shall not apply to a society’s lottery...

13The registration authority shall preserve any return sent to them...

14Any person who fails to send a return in accordance...

15(1) Where it appears to the registration authority that section...

16The registration authority may require a society that is registered...

Schedule 1A REGISTRATION OF SOCIETIES BY THE GAMING BOARD

Part I REGISTRATION

1An application to the Board for the registration of a...

2(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, upon application...

3(1) The Board shall refuse or revoke the registration of...

4(1) The Secretary of State may direct the Board—

5The Board shall cancel the registration of a society under...

6(1) A society that is registered under this Schedule shall...

Part II INFORMATION

7A society registered under this Schedule shall notify the Board...

8(1) A society registered under this Schedule shall notify the...

9(1) Where a society is registered under this Schedule on...

10(1) The Board shall preserve any return sent to them...

11(1) A society registered under this Schedule shall preserve all...

12The Board may require a society that is registered or...

13(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (10) below, where the total value...

14(1) Any person who, in pursuance of a requirement imposed...

SCHEDULE 2 Registration of Schemes

1A local authority shall submit to the Board any scheme...

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3(1) The Board shall register a scheme submitted to them...

4(1) The Board shall revoke the registration of a scheme...

4AWhere the Board revoke the registration of a scheme, they...

4BThe Board shall cancel the registration of a scheme if...

5(1) The Secretary of State may direct the Board to...

5A(1) A local authority shall notify the Board in writing...

6(1) A local authority shall, before the end of the...

6A(1) The Board shall preserve any return sent to them...

6B(1) A local authority shall preserve all documents of theirs,...

6CThe Board may require a local authority—

6D(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (10) below, where the total value...

7(1) The following fees shall be payable by a local...

8Any person who, in pursuance of a requirement under paragraph...

9A person who knowingly or recklessly includes in a report...

Schedule 2A LOTTERY MANAGERS

Part I CERTIFICATION

Application and fee

1(1) An application for a person to be certified as...

Grant or refusal of certificate

2(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, on the...

3A certificate may include such conditions as the Board consider...

4(1) The Board may, after giving the certificate holder an...

Duration of certificate

5A certificate shall have effect until it is revoked by...

Revocation of certificate

6The Board may revoke a certificate if the certificate holder...

7(1) The Board shall revoke a certificate if, after giving...

Part IIINFORMATION

8(1) A certificate holder shall preserve all documents of his,...

9The Board may require a certificate holder—

10Where a certificate holder is a company to which section...

11(1) A certificate holder to whom paragraph 10 above does...

12(1) A person who, in pursuance of a requirement imposed...

SCHEDULE 3 Permits for Commercial Provision of Amusements With Prizes

1(1) In this Schedule “the appropriate authority” means—

Resolution by local authority as to grant or renewal of permits

2Any local authority may pass either of the following resolutions,...

3(1) No resolution under paragraph 2 above shall have effect...

Application for grant or renewal of permit

4(1) An application to the appropriate authority for the grant...

5The appropriate authority shall not refuse to grant or renew...

Grounds for refusal to grant or renew permit

6(1) Where an application for the grant or renewal of...

7(1) In the case of premises to which paragraph 3...

Appeal in England or Wales against decision of appropriate authority

8(1) Where on an application under this Schedule in England...

9The Court shall not allow an appeal under this Schedule...

10Subject to paragraph 9 above, on any such appeal the...

11Where the appropriate authority is the licensing justices for a...

Appeal in Scotland against decision of appropriate authority

12Where on an application under this Schedule in Scotland the...

13The sheriff shall not allow an appeal under this Schedule...

14(1) Subject to paragraph 13 above, on any such appeal...

Duration of permit

15Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, and without...

16(1) Where an application for the renewal of a permit...

17(1) A permit shall not be transferable, and, subject to...

Payment of fees

18Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this Schedule, no...

SCHEDULE 4 Consequential Amendments

Gaming Act 1968

1In section 1(2)(c) of the Gaming Act 1968 (gaming to...

2In section 34(1)(c) of that Act (uses of machines) for...

3In section 41(1)(c) of that Act (gaming at entertainments not...

4In section 42(2)(d) of that Act (restrictions on advertisements relating...

5The following section shall be added after section 51 of...

6(1) In subsection (1) of section 52 of that Act...

7 Pool Competitions Act 1971

8 Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972

9 Local Government Act 1974

SCHEDULE 5 Repeals.

Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

1976 c.32

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to lotteries, prize competitions and amusements with prizes.

[22nd July 1976] I1

Annotations:

Commencement Information

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Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 25(9); Act wholly in force at 1. 5. 1977