Part I

AUTHORISATION AND REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

The licensing system

Licensing of persons to promote lotteries.
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1
The Director General may by licence authorise a person 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 person 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.
Word 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)
Word 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)
Word 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)