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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2007 No. 2328
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
The Small Society Lotteries (Registration of Non-Commercial Societies) Regulations 2007
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Made |
6th August 2007 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
8th August 2007 | |
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Coming into force |
1st September 2007 | |
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 355(1) of, and paragraphs 42(2), 44(a), and 54(2) of Schedule 11 to, the Gambling Act 2005[1].
Commencement, citation and application
1.
—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Small Society Lotteries (Registration of Non-Commercial Societies) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to England and Wales and Scotland.
(3) Regulation 3(1)(b) does not apply where the application is made to a local authority[2] in Scotland.
(4) Regulation 5(a) does not apply where the local authority giving notice is in Scotland.
Interpretation
2.
—(1) In these Regulations "the Act" means the Gambling Act 2005.
(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of Schedule 11 to the Act so numbered, unless the contrary is indicated.
Application for registration
3.
—(1) An application for registration under Part 5 of Schedule 11 to the Act must be—
(a) made in the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations ("the Schedule"), and
(b) accompanied by a fee of £40.
(2) The first page of the form prescribed in the Schedule may include any symbol or logo which is commonly used by a local authority to identify documents produced by it.
(3) Where matters are included in square brackets and italics in the form prescribed in the Schedule, they are intended to indicate and explain the information to be specified in the application to which the form relates, and are not required to be included in the application.
Registration by local authority
4.
For the purposes of paragraph 44(a), when entering an applicant in the register under that paragraph, the local authority must include with the entry the date on which that entry is made.
Annual fees
5.
The annual fee payable to the registering local authority under paragraph 54(1)—
(a) is £20, and
(b) must be paid within the period of two months which ends immediately before each anniversary of the registration.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport
6th August 2007
SCHEDULERegulation 3(1)(a)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the fees and other requirements in relation to the registration of non-commercial societies for the promotion of small society lotteries under the Gambling Act 2005 ("the Act").
Regulation 3 and the Schedule to these Regulations set the application fee and prescribe the form in which an application for registration must be made.
Paragraph 44(a) of Schedule 11 to the Act requires local authorities to enter the applicant, together with any prescribed information, in a register. Regulation 4 requires local authorities to record in the register the date on which that entry is made.
Regulation 5 prescribes the annual fee payable by registered societies to local authorities, and the period within which it should be paid.
Notes:
[1]
2005 c.19; for the meaning of "prescribed" see paragraph 56 of Schedule 11 to the Act.back
[2]
For the meaning of "local authority" see paragraph 41 of Schedule 11 to the Act.back
ISBN
978 0 11 078641 4
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10 August 2007
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