Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Gambling Commission Fees) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

Interpretation

2. In this Order—

“the Act” means the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976;

“the Commission” means the Gambling Commission( 2 );

“an exempt lottery” means a lottery in respect of which no fee is payable under article 6(6); and

a reference to a Schedule is a reference to a Schedule to the Act.

Registration Fees

3. The fee payable to the Commission on an application for the registration of a society under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A shall be £5,152.

4. The fee payable to the Commission on an application under paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2 for the registration of a scheme approved by a local authority shall be £5,152.

5. —(1) The fee payable to the Commission under—

(a) paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1A (which provides for the payment of a fee by a society at intervals during its registration), or

(b) paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 2 (which provides for the payment of a fee by a local authority at intervals during the registration of the authority’s scheme),

shall be £202 and shall be payable in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The fee mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be payable at intervals of three years beginning on the third anniversary of—

(a) in the case of a society, the date on which it was registered under Schedule 1A; and

(b) in the case of a local authority, the date on which the scheme approved by the authority was registered under Schedule 2.

Promoting a lottery

6. —(1) The fee payable to the Commission under—

(a) paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 1A (which provides for the payment of a fee for the promotion of a lottery by a society), or

(b) paragraph 7(1)(c) of Schedule 2 (which provides for the payment of a fee for the promotion of a lottery under a local authority scheme),

shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) For each lottery promoted by a society or under a local authority scheme where—

(a) the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £2,000 but does not exceed £20,000, and

(b) the lottery is not an exempt lottery,

the fee shall be £111.

(3) 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, the fee shall be £111.

(4) 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, the fee shall be £324.

(5) For each lottery so promoted where the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £200,000, the fee shall be £487.

(6) There shall be no fee payable in respect of a lottery where—

(a) a society promotes any lottery to which paragraph (2)(a) above applies, and

(b) on the date on which a fee would be payable to the Commission in respect of that lottery the society has already paid fees in respect of seven such lotteries in the calendar year in which that date falls.

(7) There shall be no fee payable in respect of a lottery where that lottery is promoted by a society or under a local authority scheme and the total value of tickets or chances sold in the lottery is £2,000 or less.

Inspection

7. The fee payable to the Commission under—

(a) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1A (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( 3 ) (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 £10.

Lottery Managers

8. The fee payable under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2A( 4 ) (fee payable to the Commission on an application for certification as a lottery manager) shall be £15,907.

Revocation

9.The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 2005( 5 ) is revoked.