14Advertising of public lotteries

14 Advertising of public lotteries

14 Advertising of public lotteries

(1) The requirements of subclauses (2) and (3) are prescribed as requirements for the purposes of section 39 (1) (b) of the Act.

Note.

Section 39 of the Act makes it an offence for a licensee or other person to publish, or cause to be published, any public lottery advertising that is false, misleading or deceptive or is in contravention of a requirement of the regulations. The maximum penalty for the offence is 50 penalty units.

(2) A licensee or agent of a licensee must not publish, or cause to be published, any public lottery advertising that—

(a) encourages a breach of the law, or

(b) depicts children, or

(c) suggests that winning will be a definite outcome of participating in a public lottery, or

(d) suggests that entering a public lottery will definitely improve a person’s financial prospects, or

(e) is not conducted in accordance with decency, dignity and good taste and in accordance with the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice as in force at the time the public lottery advertising is published.

(3) A licensee or agent of a licensee must not publish, or cause to be published, any public lottery advertising in writing in a newspaper, magazine, poster or other printed form that does not contain a statement about gambling help options approved by the Secretary.

(4) In this clause—

public lottery advertising means advertising that is directly related to the conduct of a public lottery.

publish includes disseminate in any way, whether by oral, visual, written or other means (for example, dissemination by means of cinema, video, radio or television).

cl 14: Am 2021 (2), Sch 1.4[8].