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The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1563 · Made 8 June 1999

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NATIONAL LOTTERY

Made 8th June 1999

Laid before Parliament 9th June 1999

Coming into force 1st July 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 29 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of section 23 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

2Amendment of section 23 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993

(1)

Subsection (2) of section 23 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993f1 (the distributing bodies) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) below.

(2)

In paragraph (a) (as to 83.3 per cent., for distribution by the English Sports Council) for “83.3 per cent.” there shall be substituted “75.6 per cent.”.

(3)

In paragraph (b) (as to 8.9 per cent., for distribution by the Scottish Sports Council) for “8.9 per cent.” there shall be substituted “8.1 per cent.”.

(4)

In paragraph (c) (as to 5 per cent., for distribution by the Sports Council for Wales) for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “4.5 per cent. ”.

(5)

In paragraph (d) (as to 2.8 per cent., for distribution by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland) for “2.8 per cent.” there shall be substituted “ 2.6 per cent.”.

(6)

After paragraph (d) there shall be inserted–

“and

(e)

as to 9.2 per cent., for distribution by the United Kingdom Sports Council.”.

Signature

Chris Smith

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

8th June 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, which sets out the distributing bodies for expenditure on or connected with sport, by adding the United Kingdom Sports Council to the bodies specified in it. The United Kingdom Sports Council is an incorporated body established by Royal Charter.

This Order further amends section 23(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 by substituting different percentages for the percentages specified in it in respect of the other distributing bodies.