The Lotteries Regulations 1993

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 2 LOTTERY SCHEMES

1.  The scheme shall specify the name and address of the society or local authority by which the scheme was approved.

2.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies where—

(a) a scheme is approved by a society; and

(b) the society is registered under Schedule 1 to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976.

(2) The scheme shall specify the following matters relating to the registration of the society for the purposes of section 5(3) of that Act (power of certain societies to promote lotteries), that is to say:—

(a) the name and address of the registration authority;

(b) the date of registration; and

(c) the reference number (if any) of the registration.

3.  Where a scheme is modified by a society or local authority, the scheme shall specify the date on which the modifications shall come into effect.

4.  A scheme approved by a society or local authority shall specify the maximum number of lotteries which are intended to be promoted under it in any period of 12 months and the scheme shall require that the number so specified shall not be exceeded.

5.—(1) The scheme shall specify a proportion (not exceeding one half) as being the proportion of the whole proceeds of any lottery under the scheme which may be appropriated for the provision of prizes in that lottery; and shall require that the proportion so specified shall not be exceeded except in the special circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2) The special circumstances referred to above are that—

(a) the proceeds of the lottery fall short of the sum reasonably estimated; and

(b) the appropriation is made in order to fulfil an unconditional undertaking as to prizes given in connection with the sale of the relevant tickets or chances; and

(c) the total amount appropriated in respect of prizes does not exceed the amount which could have been appropriated out of the proceeds of the lottery if the proceeds had amounted to the sum reasonably estimated.

6.  In the case of a scheme approved by a local authority, the scheme shall make provision as to whether all or any class of—

(a) members of the authority; and

(b) officers of the authority,

are to be precluded from buying tickets or chances in any lottery under the scheme, or not.