National Lottery Act 2013
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Powers of Regulator to issue direction or apply for an injunction | ||
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33. (1) Where the Regulator considers, having considered any representations under section 32 , that the operator has breached this Act or a term or condition of the licence or has failed to co-operate with an investigation, he or she may, without prejudice to any other action under this Act— | ||
(a) give a direction to the operator in writing specifying the breach or failure and requiring the operator to carry out or to cease carrying out a specified action or actions in order for the operator to comply with this Act or the terms or conditions of the licence or the investigation and the operator shall immediately comply with the direction, or | ||
(b) apply to the High Court for an order restraining the operator from breaching this Act or a term or condition of the licence or to co-operate with an investigation, as the case may be. | ||
(2) Where the operator fails to comply with a direction under subsection (1)(a), the Regulator may apply to the High Court for an order to compel the operator to comply with the direction or to restrain the operator from breaching this Act or a term or condition of the licence. | ||
(3) The Regulator may publish details of any breach of this Act or breach of a term or condition of the licence by the operator and of any direction which he or she has given under this section or application he or she has made to the Courts. |