New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS ACT 1901 - SECT 6

6 Conditions and permits for art unions

(1) The conditions referred to in section 5 (2) are as follows:

(a) that the Minister has issued a permit for the formation of the art union,

(b) that any conditions subject to which the permit is issued are complied with,

(c) that the total value of the allotment or distribution by the art union does not exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations or the amount specified in the permit, whichever is the lesser,

(d) that any prize to be allotted or distributed by the art union does not consist of or include a prohibited prize,

(e) that money raised by the art union is not allotted or distributed on condition that it be spent wholly or partly in purchasing a prohibited prize,

(f) that the whole of the profits, or not less than the proportion of the gross proceeds prescribed by the regulations, of the art union (whichever is the greater) are paid into the funds of the institution or non-profit organisation for the aid or support of which the art union was formed,

(g) that the amount of any money allocated or distributed by the art union to any one member as a prize does not exceed the amount prescribed by the regulations,

(g1) that any spending money allocated or distributed in conjunction with a prize comprising tickets for a tour or journey does not exceed the amount, or the proportion of the total value of allotment or distribution by the art union, prescribed by the regulations,

(h) that any regulations made under this Act as to the manner in which an allotment or distribution is to be made by the art union are complied with.

(1A) A person may make an application to the Minister within 21 days of the conclusion of the conduct of an art union for a determination under subsection (1B).

(1B) If the Minister is satisfied that circumstances of an unusual nature arose with the conduct of the art union justifying a determination under this subsection, the Minister may determine that a proportion less than the proportion prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) (f) is to be paid by the art union into the funds of the institution or non-profit organisation for the aid or support of which the art union was formed.

(1C) The Minister is to serve written notice of the determination under subsection (1B) on the person.

(5) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing served on the holder of a permit, revoke the permit or do either or both of the following:

(a) vary or revoke any conditions of the permit,

(b) impose new conditions on the permit.