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(1)A lottery in respect of which lottery duty is chargeable (or, on the taking of a ticket or chance, will be chargeable) shall not be promoted in the United Kingdom unless the chargeable person is registered with the Commissioners under this section.
(2)In this section “the chargeable person”, in relation to a lottery, means—
(a)subject to paragraph (b) below, the promoter of the lottery;
(b)in the case of a lottery of a description specified in regulations under section 27(2) above, the other person referred to in that subsection.
(3)Regulations may make provision—
(a)as to the time at which an application for registration is to be made, as to the form and manner of such an application and as to the information to be contained in or provided with it,
(b)as to the requirements that must be satisfied as a condition of a person’s registration or continued registration, and
(c)as to other requirements that must be observed by a person while he remains registered.
(4)The requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above may include requirements as to the giving of security or further security (by means of a deposit or otherwise) for any lottery duty that may become due.
(5)Subject to regulations under subsection (3)(a) and (b) above, the Commissioners—
(a)shall register any person applying to them for registration who satisfies them that he will be the chargeable person in relation to a lottery that is to be promoted, and
(b)shall not remove any person from the register unless it appears to them that no lottery is being or is to be promoted in relation to which he is or will be the chargeable person.
(6)Where—
(a)the Commissioners determine that a person should be removed from the register because any requirement imposed by regulations under subsection (3)(b) above is not (or is no longer) satisfied in relation to him, and
(b)a lottery in relation to which he is the chargeable person is being promoted at the time they make that determination,
they shall not remove him from the register until the promotion of that lottery has come to an end.
(7)If subsection (1) above is contravened in relation to a lottery at any time during its promotion, the chargeable person is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a penalty of the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a penalty of any amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(8)A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirements imposed by regulations under subsection (3)(c) above is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 5 on the standard scale.
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