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LOTTERIES ACT 1964 - SECT 7 Approval of lotteries

LOTTERIES ACT 1964 - SECT 7

Approval of lotteries

    (1)     A person may apply, in writing, to the commission for approval to conduct a lottery.

Note 1     If a form is approved under the Gambling and Racing Control Act 1999

, s 53D, for this provision, the form must be used.

Note 2     A fee may be determined under s 18A for an application.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to—

        (a)     an exempt lottery; or

        (b)     a lottery in which the prizes are, or are capable of being, drawn, thrown or competed for or gained in any other way by or by reference to the playing of an unlawful game.

    (3)     The commission may grant or refuse the approval.

    (4)     If the commission grants approval for the conducting of a lottery, the approval is subject to the conditions (if any) imposing requirements or prohibitions on the person conducting the lottery that the commission considers necessary to ensure that, as far as possible, the lottery will be properly conducted and the interests of subscribers to the lottery will be adequately protected.

    (5)     As soon as practicable after the commission has granted or refused approval for the conducting of a lottery, the commission shall notify in writing the person who applied for approval of the grant or refusal of approval.

    (6)     In any proceeding, a certificate issued by the commission specifying whether an approval for the conducting of a lottery specified in the certificate has been granted under this section and, if an approval has been granted, specifying the conditions (if any) to which the approval is subject is evidence of the matters specified.