National Lottery Act 2013
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Amendment of section 27 and 28 of Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, etc. | ||
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51. (1) The Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 is amended— | ||
(a) after section 22, by inserting the following: | ||
“22A. Section 22 does not apply to a lottery held under section 27 or 28.”, | ||
(b) in section 27(2), by substituting for paragraph (b) the following: | ||
“(b) the total value of the prizes shall not be more than €5,000 or such other amount that, for the time being, stands specified in lieu of that amount in regulations made by the Minister;”. | ||
(c) in section 27, by substituting for the second sentence of subsection (4) the following: | ||
“If more than one lottery is held in any week, the total value of the prizes for the week shall not be more than €5,000 or such other amount that, for the time being, stands specified in lieu of that amount in regulations made by the Minister.”, | ||
(d) in section 28(2), by substituting for paragraph (c) the following: | ||
“(c) the total value of the prizes— | ||
(i) on any occasion shall not be more than €30,000 or such other amount that, for the time being, stands specified in lieu of that amount, and | ||
(ii) if more than one lottery is held in any week, the total value of the prizes for the week shall not be more than €30,000 or such other amount that, for the time being, stands specified in lieu of that amount, | ||
in regulations made by the Minister;”. | ||
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(e) after section 28, by inserting the following: | ||
“Matters to take into consideration when making regulations under section 27 or 28 | ||
28A. Before the Minister makes any regulations under section 27 or 28, he or she shall, in so far as it is possible to do so, consider and take account of the consequences of any proposed alteration of the amount in the total value of prizes on- | ||
(a) lotteries which are conducted under this Act, | ||
(b) any other lottery conducted in accordance with law, and | ||
(c) charitable or philanthropic giving in society generally.”. | ||
(2) Every regulation made by the Minister for Justice and Equality under section 27 and 28 (2)(c) (as amended by this section) of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder. |