Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Legal and Illegal Lotteries

   1. General illegality of lotteries

      1. 1. Illegality of lotteries

      2. 2. General lottery offences

   2. Exceptions

      1. 3. Small lotteries incidental to exempt entertainments

      2. 4. Private lotteries

      3. 5. Societies' lotteries

      4. 6. Local lotteries

3. PART II Provisions Relating to Societies' Lotteries and Local Lotteries

   1. Provisions relating to local lotteries

      1. 7. Purposes of a local lottery

      2. 8. Proceeds of local lotteries

   2. Provisions relating to societies' lotteries and local lotteries

      1. 9. Schemes for societies' lotteries and local lotteries

      2. 10. Frequency of lotteries

      3. 11. Rules for authorised lotteries

      4. 12. Regulations

      5. 13. Offences relating to societies' lotteries and local lotteries

4. PART III Competitions and Amusements

   1. Newspaper and other competitions

      1. 14. Prize competitions

   2. Amusements with prizes

      1. 15. Provision of amusements with prizes at exempt entertainments

      2. 16. Provision of amusements with prizes at certain commercial entertainments

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

5. PART IV Supplementary

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

   2. 19. Search warrants

   3. 20. Penalties and forfeitures

   4. 21. Offences by bodies corporate

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

   6. 23. Interpretation

   7. 24. Orders and regulations

   8. 25. Citation, etc.

6. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Registration of Societies

      1. PART I Registration

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

         2. 2. Any such application shall specify the purposes for which the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      2. PART II Returns

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

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

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

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

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Registration of Schemes

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

      2. 2. A society shall submit to the Board any scheme approved...

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

      4. 4. (1) The Board shall have power to revoke the registration...

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

      6. 6. The Board shall have power to require the provision of...

      7. 7. (1) The following fees shall be payable to the Board—...

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

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Permits for Commercial Provision of Amusements With Prizes

      1. Interpretation

         1. 1. (1) In this Schedule "the appropriate authority " means—

      2. Resolution by local authority as to grant or renewal of permits

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

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

      3. Application for grant or renewal of permit

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

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

      4. Grounds for refusal to grant or renew permit

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

         2. 7. (1) In the case of premises to which paragraph 3...

      5. Appeal in England or Wales against decision of appropriate authority

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

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

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

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

      6. Appeal in Scotland against decision of appropriate authority

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

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

         3. 14. (1) Subject to paragraph 13 above, on any such appeal...

      7. Duration of permit

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

         2. 16. (1) Where an application for the renewal of a permit...

         3. 17. (1) A permit shall not be transferable, and, subject to...

      8. Payment of fees

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

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Consequential Amendments

      1. Gaming Act 1968

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

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

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

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

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

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

      2. Pool Competitions Act 1971

         1. 7. (1) In section 2(5) of the Pool Competitions Act 1971...

      3. Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972

         1. 8. (1) In section 6 of the Betting and Gaining Duties...

      4. Local Government Act 1974

         1. 9. In section 1(4) of the Local Government Act 1974 (relevant...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Repeals