{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-gambling-commission-fees-order-2006/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-gambling-commission-fees-order-2006/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/542",
  "legislation_title": "The Lotteries (Gambling Commission Fees) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-gambling-commission-fees-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976;\n“the Commission” means the Gambling Commission;\n“an exempt lottery” means a lottery in respect of which no fee is payable under article 6(6); and\na reference to a Schedule is a reference to a Schedule to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Gambling Commission is established by section 20 of the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19). Section 21 of that Act provides for the transfer of functions, rights and liabilities of the Gaming Board of Great Britain to the Gambling Commission. Sections 20 and 21 were brought into force by S.I. 2005/2455 on 1st October 2005. Schedule 5, paragraph 4, to the Gambling Act 2005 provides for a reference to the Gaming Board in any enactment to be treated after the commencement of section 21 as a reference to the Gambling Commission."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/542/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:36:16.218864+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}