Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1410
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002
Made
23rd May 2002
Laid before Parliament
24th May 2002
Coming into force
17th June 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 18(1)(b) and 24(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 17th June 2002.
2. The sum specified in section 11(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976( 2 ) (which is the maximum price at which a ticket or chance in a society’s lottery or local lottery may be sold) shall, instead of £1, be £2.
3. The sum specified in section 11(6) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976( 3 ) (which is the maximum total value of the tickets or chances sold in any one society’s lottery or local lottery) shall, instead of £1,000,000, be £2,000,000.
4. The sum specified in section 11(7) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (which is the maximum total value of the tickets or chances sold in all societies' lotteries or local lotteries held in any one year and promoted on behalf of the same society or by the same local authority) shall, instead of £5,000,000, be £10,000,000.
5. In the Schedule to the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1989( 4 ) and in the Schedule to the Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1989( 5 ) the entries relating to section 11(2) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 shall be omitted.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
23rd May 2002
1976 c. 32 ; section 18(1)(b) was amended by section 54(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (c. 39) .
Section 11(2) was amended in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 1989/1218 and in relation to Scotland by S.I. 1989/1214 .
Section 11(6) and (7) was amended by section 52(5) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.
S.I. 1989/1218 .
S.I. 1989/1214 .