Public Lotteries Amendment (Unclaimed Prizes) Regulation 2005 (NSW)

2005 No 773

New South Wales

Public Lotteries Amendment

(Unclaimed Prizes) Regulation 2005

under the

Public Lotteries Act 1996

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Lotteries Act 1996.

GRANT McBRIDE, M.P.,

Minister for Gaming and Racing

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to make provision with respect to:

(a)	the time within which claims for unclaimed prizes must be made, and
(b)	the disposal of prizes that remain unclaimed.

An unclaimed prize is defined as a prize that remains unclaimed by the prizewinner for a period of one year after the date on which the public lottery to which the prize relates was conducted.

This Regulation is made under the Public Lotteries Act 1996, including sections 27 (9) and 83

(the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 148 of 2 December 2005, page 9865	Page 1
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Clause 1	Public Lotteries Amendment (Unclaimed Prizes) Regulation 2005

Public Lotteries Amendment (Unclaimed Prizes)

Regulation 2005

under the

Public Lotteries Act 1996

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Lotteries Amendment (Unclaimed Prizes)
Regulation 2005.

2 Amendment of Public Lotteries Regulation 2002

The Public Lotteries Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

2005 No 773

Public Lotteries Amendment (Unclaimed Prizes) Regulation 2005

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 3A

Insert before clause 4:

3A Period in which prizes may be claimed

A claim for an unclaimed prize must be made:

(a)	on or before 1 December 2016, in the case of a prize won in a public lottery conducted on or before 30 November 2010, or
(b)	on or before the sixth anniversary of the date on which the public lottery to which the prize relates was conducted, in the case of a prize won in a public lottery conducted on or after 1 December 2010.

[2]      Clause 4 Unclaimed public lottery prizes

Omit clause 4 (1). Insert instead:

(1) This clause applies to unclaimed prizes that have not been
claimed within the time allowed by clause 3A.

[3]      Clause 4 (2)

Omit “won in a public lottery”. Insert instead “to which this clause applies”.

[4]      Clause 4 (3)

Omit the subclause.

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