National Lottery etc. Act 1993

50Lottery managers

(1)Immediately before section 10 of the 1976 Act there shall be inserted—

“9ALottery managers

(1)No person shall manage a society’s lottery or a local lottery unless that person is—

(a)a member of the society on whose behalf or of the local authority by whom the lottery is promoted, acting in his capacity as such,

(b)an employee of that society or authority acting in the course of his employment,

(c)in the case of a society’s lottery, a company that is wholly owned by the society,

(d)a person certified as a lottery manager under Schedule 2A to this Act, or

(e)an employee of a person so certified acting in the course of his employment.

(2)In subsection (1) above “employee”, in relation to an unincorporated body, includes an employee of a member of the body employed by him in his capacity as a member.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) above—

(a)“company” means a company formed and registered under the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985 or a company to which the provisions of that Act apply as they apply to a company so formed and registered, and

(b)a company is wholly owned by a society if the society is entitled (whether directly or through one or more nominees) to exercise, or control the exercise of, the whole of the voting power at any general meeting of the company.

(4)In subsection (1) above and Schedule 2A to this Act references to managing a lottery are to managing the promotion, or any part of the promotion, of a lottery.

(5)Schedule 2A to this Act shall have effect.”

(2)After Schedule 2 to the 1976 Act there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Schedule 9 to this Act.