{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lottery-duty-instant-chances-regulations-1995/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lottery-duty-instant-chances-regulations-1995/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2815",
  "legislation_title": "The Lottery Duty (Instant Chances) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lottery-duty-instant-chances-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Payment of lottery duty on instant chances",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of payment of lottery duty, an instant chance shall be treated as taken when the batch of which it forms part is settled.\n(2) A batch is settled when either—\n(a) the registered promoter deems that batch to be settled, or\n(b) fifteen days have elapsed since that batch was first activated,\nwhichever is the earlier.\n(3) A batch is activated when either—\n(a) the registered promoter deems that batch to be activated, or\n(b) any instant chance in that batch is actually taken,\nwhichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2354",
      "affecting_title": "The Lottery Duty (Instant Chances) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2815/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:59:06.631549+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."
}