Part I

AUTHORISATION AND REGULATION OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

The licensing system

Annual fee
7A
1
The holder of a licence under section 5 or 6—
a
shall pay a first annual fee to the Commission within such period after the issue of the licence as may be prescribed, and
b
shall pay an annual fee to the Commission before each anniversary of the issue of the licence.
2
In this section—
- “
annual fee
” means a fee of such amount as may be prescribed, and
- “
prescribed
” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
3
Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in relation to an anniversary of the issue of a licence on or immediately before which the licence ceases, by virtue of its terms, to have effect.
4
The Commission shall pay fees received by virtue of this section into the Consolidated Fund.
S. 7A inserted (6.1.2010) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 5(1), 22(1); S.I. 2010/2, art. 2