National Lottery Act, 1986
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Definitions. |
1.—In this Act— | |
“the Company” has the meaning assigned to it by section 10 of this Act; | ||
“company”, “director”, “share” and “subsidiary” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Companies Act, 1963 ; | ||
“the Fund” means the National Lottery Fund established under section 8 of this Act; | ||
“hold”, in relation to a national lottery, includes establish, promote, organise and conduct; | ||
“licence” means a licence under section 3 of this Act; | ||
“licensee” means the holder of a licence for the time being in force; | ||
“lottery game” means any game, competition or other procedure in which or whereby prizes (whether money prizes or otherwise) are distributed by lot or chance among persons participating in the game, competition or other procedure; | ||
“manager” means a person appointed under section 30 (2) of this Act in relation to the Company; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Finance; | ||
“the National Lottery” means any lottery game or combination of lottery games held by the Minister or held under a licence in accordance with the rules contained in a scheme under section 28 (1) of this Act in relation to that game or each of those games; | ||
“National Lottery ticket” means a ticket entitling its owner to participate in the National Lottery; | ||
“winning ticket” means a ticket the owner of which is entitled to a prize in the National Lottery. |