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Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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Lotteries
Arrangements not requiring persons to pay to participate
9.—(1) Renumber Article 131 of the 1985 Order (illegality of lotteries) as paragraph (1) of that Article and after that paragraph insert—
“(2) For the purposes of this Part an arrangement is not a lottery unless persons are required to pay to participate in the arrangement; and Schedule 15A makes provision about when an arrangement is or is not to be treated for those purposes as requiring persons to pay to participate.”.
(2) After Schedule 15 to the 1985 Order insert the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Act.
Rules for societies’ lotteries
10. In Article 137 of the 1985 Order (rules for societies’ lotteries)—
(a)in paragraph (5) (price limit on tickets) for “£1” substitute “£100”;
(b)in paragraph (14) (limit on amount which may be appropriated for expenses) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)20 per cent. of the whole proceeds of the lottery.”;
(c)paragraph (15) is repealed.
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