Statutory Instruments
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made
18th December 1993
Laid before Parliament
10th January 1994
Coming into force
3rd May 1994
In pursuance of sections 18(1)(e) and (2) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976(1), I hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 3rd May 1994.
2. In this Order"the Act" means the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976; and
"the Board" means the Gaming Board for Great Britain.
3. The fee payable to the Board on an application for the registration of a society under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to the Act(2) shall be-
(a)in the case of a society which had a scheme registered with the Board immediately before the commencement of section 48 of the National Lottery etc.Act 1993(3), a fee of £20; and
(b)in any other case, a fee of £510.
4. The fee payable to the Board on an application for the registration of a scheme by a local authority under paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Act(4) shall be £510.
5. The fee payable to the Board under-
(a)paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1A to the Act (which provides for the payment of a fee by a society at intervals during its registration); and
(b)paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (which provides for the payment of a fee by a local authority at intervals during the registration of the authority's scheme),
shall be a fee of £50 payable first on the third anniversary of-
(i)in the case of a society, the date on which it was registered with the Board under Schedule 1A to the Act; and
(ii)in the case of a local authority, the date on which a scheme approved by the authority was registered with the Board under Schedule 2 to the Act (whether the scheme was registered before or after the commencement of section 49 of the National Lottery etc.Act 1993); and subsequently at intervals of three years thereafter.
6.-(1) The fee payable to the Board under paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 1A to the Act or, as the case may be, paragraph 7(1)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Act, shall be-
(a)for each lottery promoted by a society or under a local authority scheme registered with the Board where-
(i)the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery does not exceed £10,000, and
(ii)the lottery is not an exempt lottery, a fee of £60;
(b)for each lottery so promoted where the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £20,000, a fee of £105;
(c)for each lottery so promoted where the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £20,000 but does not exceed £50,000, a fee of £125;
(d)for each lottery so promoted where the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £200,000, a fee of £255; and
(e)for each lottery so promoted where the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £200,000, a fee of £460.
(2) Where-
(a)a society promotes any lottery to which paragraph (1)(a)
(i)above applies, and
(b)on the date on which a fee would be payable to the Board in respect of that lottery the society has already paid fees in respect of seven lotteries falling within paragraph (1)(a) above in the calendar year in which that date falls,
no fee shall be payable in respect of that lottery; and any such lottery shall be an exempt lottery for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)
(ii)above.
7. The fee payable to the Board under-
(a)paragraph 10 of Schedule 1A to the Act (which provides for the payment of a fee by a member of the public to inspect a return made in respect of a society's lottery); and
(b)paragraph 6A of Schedule 2 to the Act(5) (which provides for the payment of a fee by a member of the public to inspect a return made in respect of a local lottery);
shall be a fee of £2.
8. The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1992(6) is hereby revoked.
Michael Howard 18th
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
December 1993
(This note is not part of the Order)
Following the new arrangements for the registration of societies and local authority schemes effected by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, this Order makes provision as to the fees to be payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain by societies under Schedule 1A to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 and local authorities under Schedule 2 to that Act.
A society or local authority wishing to promote a lottery is required to pay a fee of £510 to register itself or a scheme with the Board. This replaces the arrangements whereby societies and local authorities registered a scheme and were charged a fee of £193 or £500 depending on the value of the tickets or chances to be sold under the scheme. However, if a society scheme is already registered with the Board under Schedule 2, the society will pay a nominal fee of £20 to be registered under Schedule 1A.
Under the new arrangements for lotteries, society and local authority schemes no longer have a fixed duration of 3 years but are permitted to continue in force for as long as the society or scheme remains registered. A new fee of £50 is payable every 3 years in respect of the continued registration with the Board.
The sliding scale of fees payable on the promotion of second and subsequent lotteries to which sub-paragraph (a) and (b) of article 6(1) apply are changed from £58 and £112 to £60 and £105 respectively. The maximum fee payable of £140 is replaced by an extension of the sliding scale with a maximum fee payable of £460. A fee is now payable on the first lottery promoted by a society or local authority. Special provision is made for lotteries promoted by societies in which the value of the tickets or chances sold does not exceed £10,000.In this case, no fee is payable in respect of the eighth and any subsequent lottery in a calendar year.
New provision is made for charging members of the public a fee of £2 for inspecting returns made in respect of societies' and local lotteries.
1976 c. 32; section 18(1)(e) and (2) was amended by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993(c. 39), section 54(4) and (6).
Schedule 1A was inserted by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, Schedule 7.
Paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 2 was amended by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, Schedule 8, paragraph 8.
Paragraph 6A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, Schedule 8, paragraph 7.
S.I. 1992/94.