Explanatory note

Following the new arrangements for the registration of societies and local authority schemes effected by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, this Order makes provision as to the fees to be payable to the Gaming Board for Great Britain by societies under Schedule 1A to the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 and local authorities under Schedule 2 to that Act.

A society or local authority wishing to promote a lottery is required to pay a fee of £510 to register itself or a scheme with the Board. This replaces the arrangements whereby societies and local authorities registered a scheme and were charged a fee of £193 or £500 depending on the value of the tickets or chances to be sold under the scheme. However, if a society scheme is already registered with the Board under Schedule 2, the society will pay a nominal fee of £20 to be registered under Schedule 1A.

Under the new arrangements for lotteries, society and local authority schemes no longer have a fixed duration of 3 years but are permitted to continue in force for as long as the society or scheme remains registered. A new fee of £50 is payable every 3 years in respect of the continued registration with the Board.

The sliding scale of fees payable on the promotion of second and subsequent lotteries to which sub-paragraph (a) and (b) of article 6(1) apply are changed from £58 and £112 to £60 and £105 respectively. The maximum fee payable of £140 is replaced by an extension of the sliding scale with a maximum fee payable of £460. A fee is now payable on the first lottery promoted by a society or local authority. Special provision is made for lotteries promoted by societies in which the value of the tickets or chances sold does not exceed £10,000.In this case, no fee is payable in respect of the eighth and any subsequent lottery in a calendar year.

New provision is made for charging members of the public a fee of £2 for inspecting returns made in respect of societies' and local lotteries.