Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies to a public lottery licence that takes effect at a time specified in the licence that is later than the time of issue of the licence.
(2) The public lottery licence may authorise the public lottery licensee to take preparatory action from a time specified in the licence (which may be the time of issue) even though the licence has not taken effect.
(3) An authorisation under subsection (2) may specify a single time from which any preparatory action may be taken or different times from which different kinds of preparatory action may be taken.
(4) Any time specified from which preparatory action may be taken must not be more than 12 months before the time the licence takes effect.
Example
If a public lottery licence issued on 1 May 2007 is to take effect on 1 July 2008, the licence could specify that the licensee could make its lottery rules and have its computer system approved from 1 July 2007, could advertise the lottery from 1 February 2008 and could sell tickets from 1 May 2008.
(5) Despite section 5.3.8(1)(a), the public lottery licence is taken to be in effect for the purpose of any preparatory action taken in accordance with an authorisation under subsection (2).
(6) No account is to be had to this section in determining the term of the licence under section 5.3.8(1)(b).
Example
The term specified in the licence referred to in the example at the foot of subsection (4) is determined from 1 July 2008 (that is, the day the licence is specified to take effect) even if the licence authorises preparatory action before that day and is taken to be in effect under subsection (5) for that purpose.
(7) In this section—
"preparatory action" means anything necessary or convenient to be done for the purpose of conducting a public lottery, other than—
(a) drawing the lottery; or
(b) having the lottery determined by any other means.