National Lottery etc. Act 1993
Part I AUTHORISATION AND REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Preliminary
1 The National Lottery.
2 Legality of lotteries forming part of the National Lottery.
3 Preliminary
3A The National Lottery Commission.
4 Overriding duties of the Secretary of State and Director General.
4AConsultation with Gambling Commission
4BDisclosure of information
4CWrongful disclosure
The licensing system
5 Licensing of a person to run the National Lottery.
6 Licensing of persons to promote lotteries.
7 Licences under sections 5 and 6: further provisions.
7AAnnual fee
8 Variation of conditions in licences.
9 Enforcement of conditions in licences.
10 Revocation of licences.
10AFinancial penalties for breach of conditions in licences.
10BAppeals against financial penalties.
10CAnnual levy
Control by the Secretary of State
11 Directions to the Director General.
12 Regulations as to the promotion of lotteries.
13 Contravention of regulations an offence.
Provision of information by the Director General
14 Annual report.
15 Power of the Secretary of State to require information.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
16 False representations as to the National Lottery.
17 Extension of powers of Horserace Totalisator Board.
18 Control of betting on the National Lottery.
19 Restriction of enactments relating to the rehabilitation of offenders.
20 Interpretation of Part I.
Part II DISTRIBUTION OF THE NET PROCEEDS OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The distribution system
21 The National Lottery Distribution Fund.
22 Apportionment of money in Distribution Fund.
23 The distributing bodies.
24 Payments from Distribution Fund to distributing bodies.
25 Application of money by distributing bodies.
25A Delegation by distributing bodies of their powers of distribution.
25BJoint schemes for distribution of money by distributing bodies.
25C Strategic plans for distributing bodies.
25D Strategic plans for distributing bodies in or as regards Scotland
25EDistribution of funds: publicity
Control by the Secretary of State
26 Directions to distributing bodies.
26A Directions to distributing bodies in or as regards Scotland
27 Power to prohibit distribution in certain cases.
28 Power to amend section 22.
29 Power to amend section 23.
29AReallocation of funds
Winding up of fund allocated under section 22(3)(e)
30 Winding up of fund allocated under section 22(3)(e).
Distribution Fund: further provisions
31 Payments from Distribution Fund in respect of expenses.
32 Investment of Distribution Fund.
33 Accounts of the Secretary of State and National Debt Commissioners.
Reports and accounts of distributing bodies
34 Annual reports by distributing bodies ....
35 Accounts of distributing bodies other than the Big Lottery Fund .
The Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
36 Amendment of the National Heritage Act 1980.
The Big Lottery Fund
36AThe Fund
36BPower to distribute funds
36CNon-lottery funds
36DPower to give advice
36EDirections
The National Lottery Charities Board
37 The National Lottery Charities Board.
38 Grants to charities etc.
39 Accounts.
The Millennium Commission
40 The Millennium Commission.
41 Grants in respect of projects.
42 Annual report.
43 Accounts.
The New Opportunities Fund
43A The New Opportunities Fund.
43B Functions of the New Opportunities Fund.
43C Provisions supplemental to section 43B.
43CC Directions to New Opportunities Fund in or as regards Scotland
43D Accounts.
Supplementary
44 Interpretation of Part II.
Part III MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATING TO LOTTERIES
Preliminary
45 Interpretation of Part III.
Importation and exportation restrictions
46 Importation and exportation restrictions.
Private lotteries
47 Private lotteries.
Societies’ lotteries and local lotteries
48 Registration of societies.
49 Registration of lottery schemes.
50 Lottery managers.
51 Frequency of lotteries.
52 Rules for lotteries.
53 Offences.
54 Powers of the Secretary of State to vary monetary limits and to prescribe or vary fees.
55 Interpretation of the 1976 Act.
Part IV POOL BETTING
56 Removal of prohibition on the use of premises for the delivery of football pools coupons and stakes.
57 Reduction of age limit in relation to football pool betting.
58 Roll-over of prize money.
59 Pool promoters’ dividends.
Part V SUPPLEMENTARY
60 Orders and regulations.
61 Directions.
62 Expenses.
63Northern Ireland
64 Repeals.
65 Commencement.
66 Short title.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 LEGALITY ETC. OF LOTTERIES FORMING PART OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65)
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The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32)
2. . . . . . . . . ....
The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1204 (N.I. 11))
3(1) In Article 2(3) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and...
SCHEDULE 2
Tenure of office
1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
Remuneration etc.
2(1) The Director General shall be paid such remuneration and...
Staff
3The Director General may appoint such staff as he may...
4Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment to...
Finance
5There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—...
Evidence
6A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal...
The Parliamentary Commissioner
7In the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in Schedule 2 (departments...
The Council on Tribunals
8(1) In section 7 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act...
Parliamentary disqualification
9(1) In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in...
Schedule 2A The National Lottery Commission
Status and capacity
1(1) The Commission shall not be regarded as the servant...
Membership
2(1) The Commission shall consist of at least five members,...
Tenure of office
3(1) Members shall hold and vacate office in accordance with...
Chairman
4(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint a member of...
Remuneration and allowances
5(1) The Commission may pay such remuneration, and such travelling...
Staff
6(1) There shall be a Chief Executive of the Commission,...
6A(1) The Secretary of State may appoint the Chief Executive...
Proceedings
7(1) The Commission may regulate their own procedure and that...
Delegation
8(1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment...
Duty to give reasons for decisions
9(1) It shall be the duty of the Commission to...
Finance
10There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament...
Accounts
11(1) The Commission shall— (a) keep proper accounts and proper...
Application of seal and evidence
12The application of the seal of the Commission shall be...
13A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal...
14Paragraphs 12 and 13 do not extend to Scotland.
SCHEDULE 3 REVOCATION OF LICENCES
Part I DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION
1A condition in the licence has been contravened.
2Any information given by the licensee to the Director General—...
3(1) A proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I...
4In the case of a licence granted under section 5—...
5In the case of a licence granted under section 6—...
Part II PROCEDURE AND APPEALS
Notice of proposed revocation
6(1) Where the Director General proposes to revoke a licence,...
Suspension of licence
7(1) The Director General may suspend a licence as from...
Decision by the Director General
8(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations as to...
9(1) If any written representations against the revocation of a...
Appeals to the Secretary of State
10 REVOCATION OF LICENCES
Appeals
11(1) Where the Director General decides under paragraph 9 to...
Schedule 3A Joint schemes: supplementary provisions
Interpretation
1In this Schedule “ year ” means any period of...
Authorisation or approval by Secretary of State
2(1) Where the maximum amount of money which could be...
Contents of authorisations and approvals
3An order under paragraph 2(1) or an approval under paragraph...
Effect of increasing annual limit on schemes authorised by order
4Where— (a) a joint scheme is authorised by an order...
Powers
5(1) The powers conferred by section 25A may, in particular,...
Modification
6(1) A joint scheme may be modified by the bodies...
Termination
7(1) If, in the case of a joint scheme authorised...
Orders under s.29(1): participant ceasing to be distributing body
8(1) This paragraph applies in any case where an order...
Authorisation to continue payments despite occurrence of certain events
9(1) This paragraph applies in any case where—
SCHEDULE 4 AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT 1980 (C.17)
1In section 1(2) (constitution of the Trustees of the National...
2In section 2 (payments into the National Heritage Memorial Fund)...
3 AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT 1980 (C.17)
4 AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT 1980 (C.17)
5In section 6(2) (investment of sums paid into the National...
6In section 17 (expenses and receipts) after “and” there shall...
7In paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 (expenses of Trustees to...
SCHEDULE 4ATHE BIG LOTTERY FUND
Part 1Constitution
Membership
1(1) The Big Lottery Fund shall consist of 12 members...
Tenure
2A person shall hold and vacate office as Chairman or...
3The Chairman or another member may resign his office by...
4(1) The Chairman or another member may be removed from...
5A person who ceases, otherwise than by virtue of paragraph...
Staff
6The Fund may appoint staff (subject to any directions under...
Committees
7(1) The Fund shall establish— (a) a committee, chaired by...
8Nothing in paragraph 7 or section 25A(6) shall prevent the...
9Section 25A(7) shall apply in relation to any committee of...
Status
10The Fund shall not be regarded as the servant or...
Supervision
11In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c....
Disqualification
12In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
13In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
Part 2Proceedings
Self-regulation
14The Fund may, subject to this Schedule, regulate its procedure...
Records
15In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition...
Saving
16The validity of proceedings of the Fund or a committee...
Part 3Money
Remuneration, &c.
17(1) The Fund may pay to the Chairman, another member...
18(1) The Fund may (subject to any directions under section...
Payments
19The Fund may make payments in respect of expenditure (which...
Investment
20(1) The Fund may deposit money in an interest-bearing account...
Accounts
21(1) The Fund shall— (a) keep proper accounting records relating...
SCHEDULE 5 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Membership
1 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Committees
2 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Tenure of office
3 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Remuneration and allowances
4 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Staff
5 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Proceedings
6 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Application of seal and evidence
7 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
8 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Finance
9 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Status of the Board
10 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Parliamentary disqualification
11 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
Exemption from register of charities
12 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CHARITIES BOARD
SCHEDULE 6 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Membership
1 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
2 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Tenure of office
3 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
4 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
5 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Allowances
6 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Staff
7 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Proceedings
8 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Application of seal and evidence
9 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
10 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Finance
11 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Status of the Millennium Commission
12 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
13 THE MILLENNIUM COMMISSION
Schedule 6A The New Opportunities Fund
Membership
1 The New Opportunities Fund
Committees
2 The New Opportunities Fund
Tenure of office
3 The New Opportunities Fund
Remuneration and allowances
4 The New Opportunities Fund
Staff
5 The New Opportunities Fund
Proceedings
6 The New Opportunities Fund
Application of seal and evidence
7 The New Opportunities Fund
8 The New Opportunities Fund
Status of New Opportunities Fund
9 The New Opportunities Fund
10 The New Opportunities Fund
Application to Scotland
11 The New Opportunities Fund
SCHEDULE 7 REGISTRATION OF SOCIETIES
Part I AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE 1976 ACT
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Part II SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN THE 1976 ACT AFTER SCHEDULE 1
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SCHEDULE 8 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
1 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
2 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
3 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
4 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
5 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
6 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
7 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
8 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
9 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
10 REGISTRATION OF SCHEMES: AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE 1976 ACT
SCHEDULE 9 SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN THE 1976 ACT AFTER SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 10 REPEALS

National Lottery etc. Act 1993

1993 c. 39

An Act to authorise lotteries to be promoted as part of a National Lottery; to make provision with respect to the running and regulation of that National Lottery and with respect to the distribution of its net proceeds; to increase the membership and extend the powers of the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund; to amend section 1 of the Revenue Act 1898 and the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976; to amend the law relating to pool betting; and for connected purposes.

C1BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C2

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Certain functions transferred (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1(4); S.I. 1999/650, art. 2.