LOTTO ACT, 1979, No. 53
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO
ELIZABETHE II REGINE
Act No. 53, 1979.
An Act to provide for the conduct of games of lotto. [Assented to,
9th May, 1979.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the "Lotto Act, 1979".
2. (1 ) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires—
"agent", in relation to a licensee, means an agent appointed or approved in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted to the licensee;
"conduct", in relation to a game of lotto, includes promote, organise and operate;
"entry form" means an entry form required by the rules to enable a person to enter or subscribe to a game of lotto; "inspector" means a person appointed under section 16 ( 1 ) ;
"licence" means a licence in force under this Act;
"licensee" means a holder of a licence, whether or not he is
the sole holder of the licence or one of 2 or more holders
of the licence;
"prize fund" means the fund represented by a bank account referred to in section 14 ( 1 ) ;
"regulation" means a regulation made under this Act; "rules", in relation to a game of lotto, means the rules made by a licensee in relation to games of lotto conducted by him and in force under section 11.
(2) In this Act. a reference to a game of lotto is a reterence to any form of a game in which the entrants in or subscribers to the game choose or attempt to forecast or select, from a group of numbers, a smaller group of numbers to be drawn on a random basis.
3. A person shall not conduct a game of lotto unless he is a
licensee.
Penalty : $2,000.
(1) An application for a licence to conduct games of lotto may be made to the Minister by one or more persons.
4.
(2) The reference in subsection (1) to persons includes a
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(a) persons holding or occupying particular offices or positions under any Act; and (b)
bodies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, constituted by or under any Act.
5. (1) The Minister, after considering an application under
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(a)
subject to such conditions as he may determine and specify in the licence, grant a licence to the person making the application; or
(b) refuse to grant a licence.
(2) Subject to this Act, the period du rng which a licence shall be in force is such period, not less than 5 years, as the Minister shall specify in the licence.
(3) The Minister shall not grant a licence so as to be in
force while another licence is in force.
(4) A…