84Conditions for raffles where raffle permit not required—prize value of $5000 or less

84 Conditions for raffles where raffle permit not required—prize value of $5000 or less

(1) For the purposes of section 8.2.3(b) of the Act, the prescribed conditions are the following—

(a) a person may only conduct a raffle referred to in section 8.2.3 of the Act with the written authority of the governing body of the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle;

(b) in relation to the raffle tickets in the raffle—

(i) the period during which tickets are sold must not exceed 3 months; and

(ii) the value of the total number of tickets available for sale must not be greater than 6 times and not less than twice the value of all of the prizes; and

(iii) unless the raffle is a small raffle, on the sale of a ticket the person conducting the raffle must ensure that a permanent record is made of sufficient information to identify and locate the person to whom the ticket is sold; and

(iv) a ticket in a raffle must not be a ticket in another raffle; and

(v) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the following is printed on each ticket—

(A) the name of the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle;

(B) the ticket price;

(C) a description of each prize and its value;

(D) the location, the date and the time at which the raffle will be drawn and the method of publication or notification of the results;

(c) the raffle tickets for a small raffle may be—

(i) a blank raffle book numbered on both the butt and the ticket; or

(ii) in the case of a raffle where the method of the draw is to be a spinning wheel, buttless numbered tickets from a perforated ticket sheet having no more numbers than there are divisions on the wheel;

(d) in relation to the drawing of the raffle—

(i) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the raffle must be drawn on the day printed on the ticket, being a day not more than 14 days after the proposed last ticket sale; and

(ii) the method of the draw must allow each ticket in the draw a random and equal chance of being drawn; and

(iii) if there is more than one prize, the first ticket drawn must win the first prize; and

(iv) unless the raffle is a small raffle, a ticket which has been drawn is not eligible to be drawn again;

(e) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the results of the draw must be published or notified in accordance with the method of publication or notification printed on the tickets;

(f) in addition to paragraph (e), in relation to the drawing of a small raffle—

(i) if a ticket butt is drawn to win a prize, the raffle must be drawn again, without the ticket butt if—