SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Betting: Prize Competitions: Definition of Payment to Enter
Choice of free entry
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1
For the purposes of section 11 and this Schedule an arrangement shall not be treated as requiring a person to pay to participate if under the arrangement—
a
each person who is eligible to participate has a choice whether to participate by paying or by sending a communication,
b
the communication mentioned in paragraph (a) may be—
i
a letter sent by ordinary post, or
ii
another method of communication which is neither more expensive nor less convenient than participating by paying,
c
the choice is publicised in such a way as to be likely to come to the attention of each person who proposes to participate, and
d
the system for allocating prizes does not differentiate between those who participate by paying and those who participate by sending a communication.
2
In this paragraph “ordinary post” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(2)(b).