Lotteries Act 1975

Supplementary

16Interpretation

(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• " Board " means the Gaming Board for Great Britain ;

• " date ", in relation to a lottery, means the date on which the winners in that lottery are ascertained ;

• " local authority " and " local lottery " have the meanings assigned to them by section 1(4) above ;

• " society " and " society's lottery " have the meanings assigned to them by section 1(2) above ; and

• " ticket ", in relation to any lottery or proposed lottery, includes any document evidencing the claim of a person to participate in the chances of the lottery.

(2)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the promotion of a lottery includes a reference to the conduct of that lottery, and " promote " shall be construed accordingly.

17Financial provisions

(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by the Board in consequence of, or in connection with, the provisions of this Act.

(2)Any fees received by the Board under this Act shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

18Commencement of section 1

The Secretary of State shall not make an order under section 20(6) below appointing a day for the coming into operation of section 1 above until he has made regulations under section 10 above which provide for their coming into operation on that day.

(2)Regulations so providing shall not be made unless a draft of them has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

19Orders and regulations

(1)Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject, except in the case of an order under section 20(6) below or of regulations of which a draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2)Any power conferred by this Act to make an order includes power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order.

20Citation, repeals etc.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Lotteries Act 1975.

(2)The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act and minor amendments.

(3)Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of facilitating the consolidation of the enactments relating to lotteries, and in particular for the purpose of removing anomalies and correcting errors in those enactments.

(4)The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule.

(5)Section 13 of this Act shall cease to have effect on the day appointed for the coming into operation of Schedule 5 to this Act.

(6)This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed for different provisions and for different purposes.

(7)Any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(8)This Act shall not apply to Northern Ireland.