(1)The Director General may by licence authorise a [F2person] to promote lotteries as part of the National Lottery.
(2)A licence under this section shall specify the lotteries, or descriptions of lottery, the promotion of which it authorises.
(3)The Director General shall not grant such a licence unless an application in writing, containing such information as he has specified as necessary for enabling him to determine whether to grant it, has been made to him.
(4)The Director General shall not grant such a licence unless he is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper [F3person] to promote lotteries under the licence.
(5)In determining whether to grant such a licence, the Director General may consider—
(a)whether any person who appears to him to be likely to manage the business or any part of the business of promoting lotteries under the licence is a fit and proper person to do so, and
(b)whether any person who appears to him to be likely to be a person for whose benefit that business would be carried on is a fit and proper person to benefit from it.
(6)A licence under this section may include a condition requiring the licensee to obtain the Director General’s approval of the rules of any lottery before the lottery is promoted under the licence.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 6 heading substituted (1.10.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 3(c), 22(1); S.I. 2006/2630, art. 2(a)
F2Word in s. 6(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 3(c), 22(1); S.I. 2006/2630, art. 2(a)
F3Word in s. 6(4) substituted (1.10.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 3(c), 22(1); S.I. 2006/2630, art. 2(a)