Requirement for primary licence
6 Requirement for primary licence
A person must not conduct a lottery unless the person is authorised to do so under a primary licence.Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
A person must not conduct a gaming scheme that is not a lottery if—
the gaming scheme may reasonably be confused with a lottery; or
because of the scheme’s similarity to a lottery, it may reasonably be taken to be in direct competition with a lottery.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the gaming scheme is conducted under a gaming Act.
A person must not participate in a lottery, or a gaming scheme mentioned in subsection (2), knowing the person who is conducting the lottery or scheme is not authorised under this Act or a gaming Act to conduct the lottery or scheme.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A person must not conduct a gaming scheme (other than an approved lottery) under a name that—
is a name by which an approved lottery is conducted; or
is likely to be confused with the name by which an approved lottery is conducted; or
includes a word—
contained in the name by which an approved lottery is conducted; and
prescribed under a regulation.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)—40 penalty units.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
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This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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