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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Lottery etc. Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Director General may suspend a licence as from the date of any notice served in respect of it under paragraph 6 if—\n(a) he reasonably believes that the ground or any of the grounds specified in the notice involves fraud by the licensee, or\n(b) the ground or one of the grounds specified in the notice is the ground set out in paragraph 5(a).\n(2) Where a licence is suspended under this paragraph—\n(a) the suspension shall last until the revocation takes effect or the Director General decides not to revoke the licence or an appeal against the revocation is allowed, and\n(b) the notice shall inform the licensee accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 7(2)(a) substituted (2.9.1998) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 4(3), 27(5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 3 para. 4 5",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/23",
      "affecting_title": "National Lottery Act 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/39/schedule/3/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:51.269626+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."
}