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1989 No. 1218

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1989

Made

18th July 1989

Laid before Parliament

27th July 1989

Coming into force

1st September 1989

In pursuance of sections 18(1)(b) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

(2) This Order shall not extend to Scotland.

2. In the provisions of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule), for the monetary limits specified in those provisions and set out in column 3 of that Schedule (which limits were substituted by the Orders mentioned in article 3 below) there shall be substituted the monetary limits specified in column 4 of that Schedule.

3.-(1) In the Schedule to the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1981(2), the entry relating to section 11(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 shall be omitted.

(2) The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1985(3) is hereby revoked.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

18th July 1989

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Provisions specifying monetary limitsMatter to which the limit relatesPrevious limitNew limit
Section 10(1)(a)Limit on the total value of tickets or chances which may be sold in two or more society's lotteries of the same date promoted on behalf of one society, if those lotteries are to be treated as one for the purposes of section 10(1)£30,000£45,000
Section 10(1)(b)Limit on the total value of tickets or chances which may be sold in two or more lotteries of the same date promoted by one local authority, if those lotteries are to be treated as one for the purposes of section 10(1)£30,000£45,000
Section 11(2)Maximum price of a ticket or chance in a society's lottery or local lottery50pL£1
Section 11(7)Maximum prizes in lotteries promoted in accordance with a registered scheme-�
  • paragraph (a)

short-term lottery£3,000£6,000
  • paragraph (b)

medium-term lottery£4,500£9,000
  • paragraph (c)

any other lottery£6,000£12,000
Section 11(9)Limit on the total value of tickets or chances which may be sold in a lottery promoted in accordance with a registered scheme-�
  • paragraph (a)

short-term lottery£30,000£45,000
  • paragraph (b)

medium-term lottery£60,000£90,000
  • paragraph (c)

any other lottery£120,000£180,000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the monetary limits specified in the provisions of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 which are mentioned in the Schedule to the Order. The monetary limits have effect under the rules governing lotteries promoted on behalf of societies registered under Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act and lotteries promoted by local authorities under that Act.

(2)

S.I. 1981/110, amended by S.I. 1985/263.

(3)

S.I. 1985/263.


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