AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS ORDINANCE 1959.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.

No. 4 of 1959

		The Lotteries and Art Unions Ordinance 1959 will amend the Lotteries and Art Unions Ordinance 1926-1937 so as to permit the approval of lotteries for “services” such as tickets for travel by road, rail, sea or air, or for entry to sporting or cultural entertainments, or for any other benefit approved by the Minister.  At present, prizes must consist of “articles of use or ornament”.

		The Ordinance also replaces references to “the Chief Officer of Police” of the Territory by references to “the Commissioner of Police”.