National Lottery Act 2013

Publication of licence

28. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Regulator shall publish details of a licence or a code of practice under it.

(2) In the event of a licence being amended under section 27 , details of the amendment shall be published by the Regulator subject to subsection (3).

(3) Any details of a licence, including amendments to it, deemed by the Regulator to be commercially sensitive shall not be published unless the Regulator considers that there is an overriding public interest compelling him or her to do so.

(4) In the event of the Regulator deeming that details of a licence which are deemed by him or her to be commercially sensitive should be published in the public interest, he or she shall give the licence holder notice of his or her intention to do so and afford the licence holder an opportunity to make representations.

(5) In this section “commercially sensitive information” means—

(a) trade secrets of a person,

(b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical or other information whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to result in a material financial loss or gain to the person to whom the information relates, or could prejudice the competitive position of that person in the conduct of his or her profession or business or otherwise in his or her occupation, or

(c) information whose disclosure could prejudice the conduct or outcome of contractual or other negotiations of the person to whom the information relates.