South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Commission
may, but is not obliged to, make an ex gratia payment to a person who
satisfies the Commission, by such evidence as the Commission may require, that
he or she is the winner of a prize in a lottery conducted by the Commission,
despite the fact that—
(a) the
prize has been forfeited to the Commission; or
(b) the
winning ticket has been lost or destroyed; or
(c) a
rule of the lottery relating to giving the Commission notice of a claim for
the prize within a particular period has not been complied with.
(2) An ex gratia
payment may be of an amount equivalent to the whole or part of the amount of
the prize.
(3) A decision of
the Commission to make, or not to make, an ex gratia payment, or as to the
amount of an ex gratia payment, is final and is not subject to review by any
court or tribunal.
(4) This section
applies to—
(a) a
prize in an instant lottery conducted wholly or partly after 31 October 1994;
and
(b) a
prize in any other lottery drawn after that date.