Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order permits the Secretary of State to increase the amount of the endowment of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. For this purpose, the Order enables the Secretary of State to pay to NESTA the sum of £95,000,000 out of the money held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with health, education or the environment.