Part I AUTHORISATION AND REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The licensing system
7 Licences under sections 5 and 6: further provisions.
1
A licence granted under section 5 or 6 shall be in writing and shall specify the period for which (subject to being revoked or suspended) it is to have effect.
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The period specified under subsection (1) must—
a
begin with the date of grant of the licence, and
b
not exceed 15 years.
1B
A licence granted under section 5 or 6 may (subject to the restriction in subsection (1A)(b)) include—
a
provision enabling the period specified under subsection (1) to be extended by the Commission;
b
provision enabling the period specified under subsection (1) to be extended by agreement between the Commission and the licensee.
2
F2A licence granted under section 5 or 6 may include such conditions (in addition to those required or authorised by section 5 or 6) as the Director General considers appropriate and in particular may include conditions requiring the licensee—
a
to obtain the consent of the Director General before doing anything specified, or of a description specified, in the licence;
b
to refer matters to the Director General for approval;
c
to ensure that such requirements as the Director General may from time to time determine or approve are complied with;
d
to provide the Director General at times specified by him with such information as he may require (including, if the information is of a description specified in the licence, information for publication by him);
e
to allow the Director General to inspect and take copies of any documents of the licensee, including any information kept by the licensee otherwise than in writing, relating to the National Lottery or a lottery forming part of it;
f
where such information is kept by means of a computer, to give the Director General such assistance as he may require to enable him to inspect and take copies of the information in a visible and legible form or to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the information;
g
to do such things (and, in particular, to effect such transfers of property or rights) as the Director General may require in connection with the licence ceasing to have effect and the grant of a licence to another F3person .
3
In subsection (2)(e) and (f) “the Director General” includes any representative of the Director General, as well as any member of his staff, who has been authorised by him (whether generally or specially) to make such an inspection.
4
Conditions in a licence granted under section 5 or 6 may impose requirements to be complied with by the licensee after the licence has ceased to have effect.
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