C1Part 3National Lottery: Olympic Lotteries
Olympic Lotteries
I122Timing
1
This section applies to a licence under section 6 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (c. 39) which designates a lottery to which the licence relates as an Olympic Lottery.
2
A licence to which this section applies must include a condition prohibiting the promotion of an Olympic Lottery unless the Secretary of State has by order declared that the International Olympic Committee has elected London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games.
3
Subsection (4) applies if the Secretary of StateF1... by order declares—
a
that the International Olympic Committee has elected a city other than London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games, or
b
that the election of London by the International Olympic Committee as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games has been revoked.
4
Where this subsection applies—
a
a licence to which this section applies shall cease to have effect in so far as it relates to an Olympic Lottery on such date as may be specified in the order under subsection (3), and
b
the National Lottery Commission may not grant a licence to which this section applies.
5
If the Secretary of StateF1... by order specifies a date as the termination date for the purposes of this section—
a
any licence to which this section applies that has effect immediately before the termination date shall cease to have effect on that date in so far as it relates to an Olympic Lottery, and
b
the F2Gambling Commission may not grant a licence to which this section applies in respect of a period of time falling wholly or partly on or after the termination date.
Pt. 3: functions made partly exercisable concurrently (22.8.2007) by Transfer of Functions (Olympics and Paralympics) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2129), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)(c), (with art. 4)