National Lottery etc. Act 1993

53 Offences

(1) Section 13 of the 1976 Act (offences relating to societies' lotteries and local lotteries) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (contravention of requirement of Act or of regulations made under it) for “or of any regulations made under it” there shall be substituted “, of any regulations made under it or of any order made under section 10 above”.

(3) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(2A) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence in respect of a contravention of section 11(5) above to prove—

(a) that the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery fell short of the sum reasonably estimated; and

(b) that the amount or value of the prize in question would n certificate to ot have contravened section 11(5) above if the total value of the tickets or chances sold had amounted to the sum reasonably estimated; and

(c) that, if the amount or value of the prize had been any less, an unconditional undertaking as to prizes given in connection with the sale of tickets or chances would have been broken.”

(4) In subsection (4) (defence in respect of contravention of section 10 etc.) after “contravention of” there shall be inserted “an order made under”.