Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (repealed)

Valid from 03/05/1994

[F1F23(1)The Board shall refuse or revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if any scheme attached to its application for registration, or any other scheme subsequently approved by the society under section 5(3)(c) above, is contrary to law.E+W+S

(2)The Board may refuse or revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if it appears to the Board—

(a)that the ground specified in paragraph 4(1)(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 above applies;

(b)that any information given by the society to the Board in or in connection with the society’s application for registration was false in a material particular;

(c)that the address of the office or head office of the society is the same as that of the office or head office of another society that is established for the same or a connected purpose and is registered under this Schedule;

(d)that any lottery promoted on behalf of the society within the last five years has not been properly conducted;

(e)that any fees payable by the society under this Act have not been paid;

(f)that the society has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it under paragraph 12 below; or

(g)that an act or omission of a person who is or will be a person connected with a lottery promoted or proposed to be promoted on behalf of the society was a cause—

(i)of the registration of another society being refused or revoked on the ground specified in paragraph (b) or (f) above or under sub-paragraph (5) below;

(i)of the registration of a scheme being refused or revoked on a ground specified in paragraph 3(1)(e) or 4(2)(c) of Schedule 2 below; or

(iii)of a relevant lottery, in the promotion of which the person was involved, not being properly conducted.

(3)In considering whether sub-paragraph (2)(g) above applies, the Board shall disregard any act or omission that occurred more than five years previously.

(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(g) above—

(a)a person connected with a lottery is a person who is or has been—

(i)involved in the promotion of the lottery; or

(ii)employed for reward in connection with the promotion of any other lottery on behalf of the same society; and

(b)“relevant lottery”, in relation to a society and a person, means a lottery promoted—

(i)on behalf of another society that at the time of the person’s involvement with the promotion of the lottery was registered with the Board; or

(ii)under a scheme that at the time of the person’s involvement with the promotion of the lottery was registered with the Board.

(5)The Board may revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if it appears to the Board that the society has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it by or under paragraph 7, 8, 9, 11 or 13 below.

(6)The Board shall not refuse or revoke the registration of a society without giving the society an opportunity of being heard.

(7)Where the Board refuse or revoke the registration of a society, they shall notify the society and, except in the case of a refusal or revocation on the ground specified in sub-paragraph (2)(e) above, the registration authority in writing of the refusal or revocation and the ground for it.

(8)The revocation of the registration of a society under this Schedule shall not have effect in relation to any lottery in respect of which any tickets or chances have already been sold at the date of revocation.]

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