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Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (repealed)
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11 Rules for authorised lotteries.E+W+S
(1)In the case of a society’s lottery—
(a)the promoter of the lottery shall be a member of the society authorised in writing by the governing body of the society to act as the promoter; and
(b)every ticket [F1distributed or sold] shall specify the name of the society, the name and address of the promoter and the date of the lottery.
(2)No ticket or chance in a society’s lottery or a local lottery shall be sold at a price exceeding [F2£2]
(3)The price of every ticket or chance shall be the same, and the price of any ticket [F3distributed or sold] shall be stated on the ticket.
(4)No person shall be admitted to participate in a society’s lottery or a local lottery in respect of a ticket or chance except after payment to the society or authority of the whole price of the ticket or chance; and no money received for or on account of a ticket or chance shall in any circumstances be returned.
[F4(4A)No payment other than the price of a ticket or chance shall be required of a person as a condition of his admission to participate in a society’s lottery or a local lottery.]
[F5(5)No prize in a society’s lottery or a local lottery shall exceed in amount or value £25,000 or 10 per cent. of the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery (whichever is greater).
F5(6)The total value of the tickets or chances sold in any one such lottery shall not exceed [F6£2,000,000] .
F5(7)The total value of the tickets or chances sold in all such lotteries held in any one year and promoted on behalf of the same society or by the same local authority shall not exceed [F7£10,000,000] .
F5(8)For the purposes of subsection (7) above, a lottery is held in the year in which the date of the lottery falls.
F5(9)In this section “year” means a period of twelve months beginning with 1st January; but if subsection (7) above (as substituted by section 52 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993) comes into force on a date other than 1st January—
(a)the period beginning with that date and ending with the next 31st December shall be taken to be the first year for the purposes of that subsection, and
(b)in relation to that period, the reference to £5,000,000 in that subsection shall be read as a reference to a proportionately smaller amount.]
(11)The amount of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery appropriated for the provision of prizes shall not exceed [F855 per cent.]of the whole proceeds of the lottery.
(12)The amount of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery appropriated on account of expenses (exclusive of prizes) shall not exceed whichever is the less of—
(a)the expenses actually incurred; and
(b)whichever of the amounts specified in subsection (13) below applies.
(13)The amounts referred to in subsection (12)(b) above are—
(a)where the whole proceeds of the lottery do not exceed [F9£20,000], [F93 5 per cent.]of those proceeds; or
(b)where the whole proceeds of the lottery exceed [F9£20,000], 15 per cent. of those proceeds or such larger percentage, not exceeding [F935 per cent.], as the Board may authorise in the case of a particular lottery.
[F10(14)For the purposes of subsection (12) above, the amount of any expenses that are met—
(a)by the society on whose behalf, or the local authority by whom, the lottery is promoted, or
(b)by any beneficiary of the lottery,
shall be treated as having been appropriated on account of expenses from the proceeds of the lottery.
(15)In subsection (14) above “beneficiary of the lottery” means a person (other than the society on whose behalf, or the local authority by whom, the lottery is promoted) to whom or for whose benefit any of the proceeds of the lottery, other than amounts appropriated in respect of expenses or prizes, are lawfully paid or applied.
(16)The amount of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery appropriated for the provision of prizes and the amount of those proceeds appropriated on account of expenses (exclusive of prizes) shall not exceed in aggregate a prescribed percentage of the whole proceeds of the lottery.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11(1)(b) substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 52(2); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F2Word in s. 11(2) substituted (17.6.2002) by virtue of The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002 (S. I. 2002/1410), art. 2
F3Words in s. 11(3) inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 52(3); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F4S. 11(4A) inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 52(4); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F5S. 11(5)-(9) substituted for s. 11(5)-(10) (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 52(5); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F6Word in s. 11(6) substituted (17.6.2002) by virtue of The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002 (S. I. 2002/1410), art. 3
F7Word in s. 11(7) substituted (17.6.2002) by virtue of The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002 (S. I. 2002/1410), art. 4
F8Words in s. 11(11) substituted (10.2.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/43, art. 2
F9Words in s. 11(13) substituted (10.2.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1997/43, arts. 3, 4
F10S. 11(14)-(16) added (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 52(8); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 11(16) amended (10.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/43, art. 5
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