Part IAuthorisation and Regulation of the National Lottery
Miscellaneous and supplementary
16False representations as to the National Lottery
(1)
If a person advertising, or offering the opportunity to participate in, a lottery, competition or game of another description gives, by whatever means, a false indication that it is a lottery forming part of, or is otherwise connected with, the National Lottery, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.