National Lottery Act, 1986

Schemes for lottery games in National Lottery.

28.—(1) (a) The Company shall, in relation to each lottery game comprised in the National Lottery, prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme setting out the rules of the game.

(b) The Company may at any time prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme amending a scheme under this subsection, including a scheme under this paragraph.

(c) The Minister may approve of a scheme submitted to him under this section.

(d) A lottery game comprised in the National Lottery shall be held by the Company in accordance with the rules contained in a scheme under this subsection approved of by the Minister in force in relation to that game.

(2) Rules of a lottery game may, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, make provision with respect to the following matters:

(a) the giving of prizes in the National Lottery in cases in which the holders of the winning tickets are persons under the age of eighteen years;

(b) the giving of prizes in the National Lottery in cases in which the holders of the winning tickets are persons under any other legal disability or of unsound mind;

(c) the receipts which are to be a good discharge for prizes given to persons in the National Lottery;

(d) the settlement of disputes.