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The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006

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Conversion of society lottery registrations into registrations under the Gambling Act 2005

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74.—(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a)a society is registered under Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act, and

(b)the registration has effect immediately before 1st September 2007.

(2) This paragraph also applies where a society becomes registered under Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act on or after 1st September 2007.

(3) In England and Wales, the local authority which registered the society must on the relevant date, or as soon as practicable after that date, register the society under Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act.

(4) In Scotland, the council which registered the society must on the relevant date, or as soon as practicable after that date, provide the relevant licensing board with the information specified in sub-paragraph (5).

(5) The information to be provided is—

(a)the name and address of the society,

(b)the purposes for which the society is established,

(c)the date on which the society was registered under Schedule 1 to 1976 Act, and

(d)copies of any returns submitted in respect of the society in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act.

(6) As soon as practicable after receiving the information specified in sub-paragraph (5), the relevant licensing board must register the society under Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act.

(7) In this paragraph—

(a)a reference to registering a society under Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act is to entering the society, together with such information as may be prescribed by regulations in accordance with paragraph 44(a) of that Schedule, in the register kept for the purposes of that Part;

(b)a reference to the relevant date is to—

(i)1st September 2007, or

(ii)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (2), the date on which the society is registered under the 1976 Act; and

(c)a reference to the relevant licensing board is to the licensing board constituted under section 1 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976(1) in whose area are situated the principal premises of the society.

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