Textual Amendments
F1Heading to Sch. 1 substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 9; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table B(10)
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(2)[F3In this Act]“registration authority”, in relation to any society, means—
(a)in England, a London borough council, a district council, the Common Council of the City of London, or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b)in Wales, a [F4county council or county borough]council;
(c)in Scotland, [F5a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994],
being the authority within whose area the office or head office of the society is situated.
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 1 para. 1(1) repealed (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, ss. 48(5), 64, Sch. 7, Pt. I para. 2(a), Sch. 10; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2) substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 2(b); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 50(2) (with Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) (S.) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 104(3); S.I. 1996/323, art. 2
2E+W+S[F6An application to the registration authority for the registration of a society] shall specify the purposes for which the society is established and conducted.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2) substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 3; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
3E+W+SSubject to the provisions of this Schedule, upon application being duly made on behalf of a society and upon payment of a fee of [F7£35], the registration authority shall register the society in a register to be kept for the purposes of section 5 above and notify the society in writing that they have done so.
Textual Amendments
F7Fee in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (E.W.) (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2178, art. 2 and (S.) (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2498, art.2
[F83A(1)The registration authority shall refuse or revoke the registration of the society under this Part of this Schedule if the Board have refused or revoked the registration of the society under Schedule 1A below within the last five years.E+W+S
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply where the ground for the Board’s refusal or revocation was that specified in paragraph 3(2)(e) of Schedule 1A below.
(3)Where the registration authority refuse or revoke the registration of a society under sub-paragraph (1) above, they shall notify the society in writing that they have done so.]
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I, para.4; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
4(1)The registration authority may, after giving the society an opportunity of being heard, refuse or revoke the registration of the society under this Part of this Schedule if it appears to the authority—E+W+S
[F9(a)that any person who is or will be a person connected with a lottery promoted or proposed to be promoted on behalf of the society has been convicted of an offence to which this paragraph applies; or]
(b)that the society does not satisfy or has ceased to satisfy the conditions specified in section 5(1) above [F10; or
(c)that any information given by the society to the authority in or in connection with the society’s application for registration was false in a material particular.]
(2)This paragraph applies to any of the following offences, namely—
(a)an offence under section 2 or 13 above;
(b)an offence under paragraph 14 below [F11paragraph 14 of Schedule 1A below, paragraph 8 or 9 of Schedule 2 below, paragraph 12 of Schedule 2A below] or paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the M1Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963;
(c)an offence under section 42 or 45 of that Act; and
(d)an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
[F12(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above, a person connected with a lottery is a person who is or has been—
(a)involved in the promotion of the lottery; or
(b)employed for reward in connection with the promotion of any other lottery on behalf of the same society.]
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 5(1)(a)
F10Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(c) and word immediately preceding it substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 5(1)(b); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
F11Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2) inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, ss. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 5(1)(c)
F12Sch. 1 para. 4(3) added (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 5(1)(d); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
Marginal Citations
[F134AE+W+SThe registration authority may, after giving the society an opportunity of being heard, revoke the registration of the society under this Part of this Schedule if it appears to the authority that the society has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it under paragraph 16 below.]
Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 1 para. 4A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 5(2); S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
5E+W+SWhere the registration of any society has been refused or revoked under [F14paragraph 4 or 4A] above by a registration authority in England or Wales, that authority shall forthwith notify the society of the refusal or revocation and the society may appeal to the Crown Court, and any such appeal shall be commenced by giving notice to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court and to the registration authority within 21 days of the day on which notice of the refusal or revocation is given to the society.
Textual Amendments
F14Words in Sch. 1 paras. 5, 6 and 7 substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para.6; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
6E+W+SWhere the registration of any society has been refused or revoked under [F15paragraph 4 or 4A] of this Schedule by a registration authority in Scotland, that authority shall forthwith notify the society of the refusal or revocation, and the society may appeal, within such time, and in accordance with such rules, as may be prescribed by the Court of Session by act of sederunt, to the sheriff having jurisdiction in the registration authority’s area, and on any such appeal the decision of the sheriff shall be final and may include such order as to the expenses of the appeal as he thinks proper.
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Sch. 1 paras. 5, 6 and 7 substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 6; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
7E+W+SWhere the registration authority revoke a registration under [F16paragraph 4 or 4A] above, then, until the time within which notice of appeal under paragraph 5 or 6 above may be given has expired and, if such notice is duly given, until the determination or abandonment of the appeal, the registration shall be deemed to continue in force, and if the Crown Court or, as the case may be, the sheriff confirms the decision of the registration authority, the Court or the sheriff may, if it or he thinks fit, order that the registration shall continue in force for a further period not exceeding two months from the date of the order.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in Sch. 1 paras. 5, 6 and 7 substituted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(5) Sch. 7 Pt. I para.6; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2
8E+W+SA society which is for the time being registered under this Part of this Schedule may at any time apply to the registration authority for the cancellation of the registration; and in any such case the authority shall cancel the registration accordingly.
9E+W+SEvery society which is registered under this Part of this Schedule shall pay to the registration authority on 1st January in each year while it is registered a fee of [F17£17.50], and any such fee which remains unpaid after the date on which it becomes payable may be recovered by the authority as a debt.
Textual Amendments
F17Fee in Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (E.W.) (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2178, art. 3 and (S.) (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2498, art.3
10E+W+SSubject to the provisions of this Schedule, the registration of any society under Schedule 7 to the M2Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 shall have effect as registration under this Schedule.