Lotteries Commission Act 1990

In this section —

assessing and evaluating applications for grants under the programme; and

monitoring compliance with conditions attached to grants made under the programme.

The functions of the Commission are, subject to this Act —

to conduct lotteries;

to perform any other function vested in it by this Act.

The Commission may do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions, including the facilitation of syndicate entries to any games of lotto.

For the purpose of facilitating syndicate entries to games of lotto, the Commission may purchase entries into games of lotto and make portions of those entries available for sale as syndicate shares.

The Commission may, with the approval in writing of the Minister —

make agreements with one or more designated authorities for the joint conduct with those designated authorities of lotteries; and

conduct lotteries jointly with the designated authorities referred to in paragraph (a) in accordance with agreements made under this subsection; and

enter into a contract or arrangement with a person or body (including a local government or a department of the Public Service, or other agency or instrumentality, of the State or the Commonwealth) to provide any or all of the following services to that person or body, whether for a fee or not —

consultancy services;

advisory services;

grant administration services in relation to a programme of that person or body.

A contract or arrangement under subsection (3)(c) can only be made with the Treasurer’s concurrence and is void and unenforceable without it.

Moneys of another person or body allocated or distributed in grants under a programme that is the subject of a contract or arrangement under subsection (3)(c)(iii) are taken not to be moneys received by the Commission for the purposes of section 20 or 24.

Details of grants made by another person or body under a programme that is the subject of a contract or arrangement under subsection (3)(c)(iii) are not to be set out in the schedule required under section 26(1).