Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (repealed)

[F1 F2 Part I E+W+S REGISTRATION

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F2 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F3 1 E+W+S An application to the Board for the registration of a society shall—

(a) specify the address of the office or head office of the society,

(b) specify the purposes for which the society is established and conducted, and

(c) have attached to it a copy of any scheme approved by the society under section 5(3)(c) above.

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F4 2 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, upon application being duly made on behalf of a society and upon payment of a prescribed fee, the Board 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. E+W+S

(2) Any fees received by the Board by virtue of this paragraph shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F5 3 (1) The Board shall refuse or revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if any scheme attached to its application for registration, or any other scheme subsequently approved by the society under section 5(3)(c) above, is contrary to law. E+W+S

(2) The Board may refuse or revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if it appears to the Board—

(a) that the ground specified in paragraph 4(1)(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 above applies;

(b) that any information given by the society to the Board in or in connection with the society’s application for registration was false in a material particular;

(c) that the address of the office or head office of the society is the same as that of the office or head office of another society that is established for the same or a connected purpose and is registered under this Schedule;

(d) that any lottery promoted on behalf of the society within the last five years has not been properly conducted;

(e) that any fees payable by the society under this Act have not been paid;

(f) that the society has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it under paragraph 12 below; or

(g) that an act or omission of a person who is or will be a person connected with a lottery promoted or proposed to be promoted on behalf of the society was a cause—

(i) of the registration of another society being refused or revoked on the ground specified in paragraph (b) or (f) above or under sub-paragraph (5) below;

(i) of the registration of a scheme being refused or revoked on a ground specified in paragraph 3(1)(e) or 4(2)(c) of Schedule 2 below; or

(iii) of a relevant lottery, in the promotion of which the person was involved, not being properly conducted.

(3) In considering whether sub-paragraph (2)(g) above applies, the Board shall disregard any act or omission that occurred more than five years previously.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(g) above—

(a) a person connected with a lottery is a person who is or has been—

(i) involved in the promotion of the lottery; or

(ii) employed for reward in connection with the promotion of any other lottery on behalf of the same society; and

(b) “relevant lottery”, in relation to a society and a person, means a lottery promoted—

(i) on behalf of another society that at the time of the person’s involvement with the promotion of the lottery was registered with the Board; or

(ii) under a scheme that at the time of the person’s involvement with the promotion of the lottery was registered with the Board.

(5) The Board may revoke the registration of a society under this Schedule if it appears to the Board that the society has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on it by or under paragraph 7, 8, 9, 11 or 13 below.

(6) The Board shall not refuse or revoke the registration of a society without giving the society an opportunity of being heard.

(7) Where the Board refuse or revoke the registration of a society, they shall notify the society and, except in the case of a refusal or revocation on the ground specified in sub-paragraph (2)(e) above, the registration authority in writing of the refusal or revocation and the ground for it.

(8) The revocation of the registration of a society under this Schedule shall not have effect in relation to any lottery in respect of which any tickets or chances have already been sold at the date of revocation.

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, ss. 48(6), 65, Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F6 4 (1) The Secretary of State may direct the Board— E+W+S

(a) to register under this Schedule any society that they have refused to register on any ground mentioned in paragraph 3(2) above; or

(b) to restore any registration that the Board have revoked on any ground mentioned in paragraph 3(2) or (5) above;

and the Board shall give effect to any such direction.

(2) The Board shall notify the society and the registration authority in writing of any direction that has been given to the Board under sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3) The restoration of any registration under sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect from the date of revocation or such later date as may be specified in the direction.

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2

F7 5 E+W+S The Board shall cancel the registration of a society under this Schedule if the society requests them to do so.

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, ss. 48(6), 65, Sch. 7 Pt.II

F8 6 (1) A society that is registered under this Schedule shall pay to the Board— E+W+S

(a) a prescribed fee at such intervals whilst the society is so registered as the Secretary of State may by order direct; and

(b) a prescribed fee for each society’s lottery promoted on behalf of the society whilst it is so registered.

(2) Any fees received by the Board by virtue of this paragraph shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.]

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 1A inserted (3.5.1994) by 1993 c. 39, s. 48(6), Sch. 7 Pt.II; S.I. 1994/1055, art. 2