The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32)E+W+S
2(1)In section 1 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (illegality of lotteries) after “except as provided by this Act” there shall be added “ and section 2(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 ”.E+W+S
(2)In section 2 of that Act (general lottery offences) at the end of subsection (2) (defences) there shall be added— “; or
(d)that the lottery to which the proceedings relate was a lottery forming part of the National Lottery for the purposes of Part I of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 or that at the date of the alleged offence the person charged believed, and had reasonable ground for believing, it to be such a lottery.”