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Lotteries Act 1975

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Lotteries Authorised by Act

    1. 1.Power of certain societies and of local authorities to promote lotteries

  3. Societies' Lotteries

    1. 2.Organisation and purposes of societies' lotteries

  4. Local lotteries

    1. 3.Local authority schemes

    2. 4.Purposes of a local lottery

    3. 5.Proceeds of local lotteries

  5. Registration, accounts, etc.

    1. 6.Registration of societies

    2. 7.Registration of schemes

  6. Rules for lotteries authorised by Act

    1. 8.Frequency of lotteries

    2. 9.Rules for authorised lotteries

    3. 10.Regulations

    4. 11.Orders and fees

    5. 12.Offences

  7. Amendments of Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

    1. 13.Increase in limits for certain small lotteries

    2. 14.Increase in maximum prizes for certain lotteries and entertainments

    3. 15.Alteration of penalties for offences under Part III of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

  8. Supplementary

    1. 16.Interpretation

    2. 17.Financial provisions

    3. 18.Commencement of section 1

    4. 19.Orders and regulations

    5. 20.Citation, repeals etc.

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Registration of Societies

      1. PART I Registration

        1. 1.(1) An application for the registration of a society for...

        2. 2.Any such application shall specify the purposes for which the...

        3. 3.Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, upon application being...

        4. 4.The registration authority may, after giving the society an opportunity...

        5. 5.Where the registration of any society has been refused or...

        6. 6.Where the registration of any society has been refused or...

        7. 7.Where the registration authority revoke a registration under paragraph 4...

        8. 8.A society which is for the time being registered under...

        9. 9.Every society which is registered under this Part of this...

        10. 10.Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the registration of...

      2. PART II Returns

        1. 11.Subject to paragraph 12 below, the promoter of a society's...

        2. 12.Paragraph 11 above shall not apply to a society's lottery...

        3. 13.The registration authority shall preserve any return sent to them...

        4. 14.Any person who fails to send a return in accordance...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Registration of Schemes by the Board

      1. 1.A local authority shall submit to the Board any scheme...

      2. 2.A society shall submit to the Board any scheme approved...

      3. 3.(1) The Board shall register a scheme submitted to them...

      4. 4.(1) The Board shall have power to revoke the registration...

      5. 5.(1) The Secretary of State may direct the Board to...

      6. 6.The Board shall have power to require the provision of...

      7. 7.The following fees shall be payable to the Board—

      8. 8.Any person who, in pursuance of a requirement under paragraph...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

        1. 1.In section 52(2) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act...

      2. The Gaming Act 1968

        1. 2.In section 52(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 (the playing...

      3. The Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972

        1. 3.In section 6 of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Consolidation Amendments

      1. The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

        1. 1.For subsection (2)(d) of section 43 of the Betting, Gaming...

        2. 2.For section 48 of that Act (provision of amusements with...

        3. 3.Sections 51 (search warrants) and 52(4) (forfeiture) of that Act...

      2. The Local Government Act 1966

        1. 4.In Part II of Schedule 3 to the Local Government...

      3. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966

        1. 5.In Part II of Schedule 4 to the Local Government...

      4. The Gaming Act 1968

        1. 6.(1) For subsections (2) to (4) of section 33 of...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Repeals

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