SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Lotteries: Definition of Payment to Enter

Choice of free entry

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1

For the purposes of section 14 and this Schedule an arrangement shall not be treated as requiring persons to pay in order to participate if under the arrangement—

a

each individual who is eligible to participate has a choice whether to participate by paying or by sending a communication,

b

the communication mentioned in paragraph (a) may be—

i

a letter sent by ordinary post, or

ii

another method of communication which is neither more expensive nor less convenient than entering the lottery by paying,

c

the choice is publicised in such a way as to be likely to come to the attention of each individual who proposes to participate, and

d

the system for allocating prizes does not differentiate between those who participate by paying and those who participate by sending a communication.

2

In this paragraph “ordinary post” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(2)(b).