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Gambling Act 2003

Institutions - New Zealand Lottery Grants Board - Applications for grants

282: Applications for assistance

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"Asking for help with lottery money: how to apply and what happens next"

When you apply for help from lottery profits, you must send your application to the Secretary. The Secretary looks at your application and sends it to the right distribution committee if it fits with the purposes outlined in section 277. If there is no suitable committee, your application goes to the Minister.

The distribution committee or the Minister considers your application, thinking about how much money is available and other important factors. They decide whether to approve your application and how much money to give you. Then, they tell the Secretary about their decisions.

The committee or Minister can give you the grant with certain rules or conditions that must follow the law. They can also change or cancel these conditions, or add new ones, as they see fit.

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Part 3Institutions
New Zealand Lottery Grants Board: Applications for grants

282Applications for assistance

  1. Every application for assistance from profits of lotteries must be addressed to the Secretary, who must refer each application that comes within the purposes specified in section 277 to the appropriate distribution committee.

  2. If there is no appropriate distribution committee, a qualifying application must be referred to the Minister.

  3. On receipt of an application, a distribution committee (or the Minister) must, after having regard to the amount available for distribution and all relevant matters,—

  4. determine whether or not the application should be granted; and
    1. if so, determine the amount that should be granted; and
      1. notify the Secretary of those determinations.

        1. A grant by a distribution committee or the Minister may be subject to the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this Act, that the committee or the Minister thinks fit.

        2. The distribution committee, or the Minister, may vary or cancel any terms or conditions attached to the grant or add new conditions to the grant.

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        • 1977 No 84 s 116Q