Part I

AUTHORISATION AND REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

Preliminary

Disclosure of information
4B
1
The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may disclose information to the
Gambling
Commission
for use in the exercise of its national lottery functions
.
2
The
Gambling
Commission may disclose information
received by it in the exercise of its national lottery functions
to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
3
Information disclosed under this section shall not be further disclosed except in accordance with subsection (4).
4
Information may be further disclosed—
a
for the purpose of complying with an enactment,
b
in pursuance of an order of a court,
c
for the purpose of legal proceedings connected with the operation of an enactment relating to lotteries,
d
with the consent of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,
e
with the consent of each person to whom the information relates, or
f
to
the Comptroller and Auditor General
for the purposes of the exercise of functions under Part II of the National Audit Act 1983 (c. 44).
5
This section has effect despite any prohibition or restriction that would otherwise prevent disclosure of information.
6
In this section “national lottery functions” means functions conferred or imposed under or by virtue of—
a
a provision of this Act other than section 10C, and
b
Part 3 of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004.
Ss. 4B, 4C inserted (1.10.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 2, 22(1); S.I. 2006/2630, art. 2(a)
Words in s. 4B(4)(f) substituted (1.4.2012) by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), s. 29, Sch. 5 para. 17; S.I. 2011/2576, art. 5
S. 4B(6) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(d) (with art. 8, Sch. para. 43)
Word in s. 4B(1) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(a) (with art. 8, Sch. para. 43)
Word in s. 4B(2) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(a) (with art. 8, Sch. para. 43)
Words in s. 4B(1) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(b) (with art. 8, Sch. para. 43)
Words in s. 4B(2) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2329), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(c) (with art. 8, Sch. para. 43)