Statutory Instruments
National Lottery
Made
at 3.00 p.m. on 8th December 2020
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 8th December 2020
Coming into force
1st October 2021
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Lottery (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st October 2021.
2.—(1) The National Lottery Regulations 1994(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulations 3 and 6(2), for “16” substitute “18”.
Nigel Huddleston
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
At 3.00 p.m. on 8th December 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations raise the minimum age at which a National Lottery ticket may be sold by or to a person from 16 to 18. Restrictions on sales of National Lottery tickets by vending machines are also amended to reflect this increased minimum age.
An impact assessment which analyses the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and those of the voluntary and the public sectors has been produced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The impact assessment and the Explanatory Memorandum are available online alongside this instrument on legislation.gov.uk , and copies can be obtained from the Department at 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ.
S.I. 1994/189, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.