{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Lottery etc. Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-etc-act-1993",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "The distributing bodies.",
  "text": "(1) So much of any sum paid into the Distribution Fund as is allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts shall be held in the Distribution Fund—\n(a) as to 69.78 per cent., for distribution by the Arts Council of England,\n(b) as to 8.9 per cent., for distribution by Creative Scotland,\n(c) as to 5 per cent., for distribution by the Arts Council of Wales, . . .\n(d) as to 2.8 per cent., for distribution by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland , and . . .\n(e) as to 13.52 per cent., for distribution by the The British Film Institute ...\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) So much of any sum paid into the Distribution Fund as is allocated for expenditure on or connected with sport shall be held in the Distribution Fund—\n(a) as to 62 per cent , for distribution by the English Sports Council,\n(b) as to 8.1 per cent., for distribution by the Scottish Sports Council,\n(c) as to 4.5 per cent., for distribution by the Sports Council for Wales, and\n(d) as to 2.6 per cent., for distribution by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland and\n(e) as to 22.8” per cent ., for distribution by the United Kingdom Sports Council.\n(3) So much of any sum paid into the Distribution Fund as is allocated for expenditure on or connected with the national heritage shall be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.\n(4) So much of any sum paid into the Distribution Fund as is allocated under section 22(3)(d) shall be held by the Distribution Fund for distribution by the Big Lottery Fund (established under section 36A).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23(1)(a)-(d) substituted (13.6.1994) by S.I. 1994/1342, art. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/743), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 23(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2010) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Creative Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/223), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 23(1)(c) omitted (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2090, art. 2(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1) substituted (1.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/2088, art. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(d) inserted (1.7.2010) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Creative Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/223), arts. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 23(1)(d) omitted (7.4.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/78, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 23(1)(e) and preceding word inserted (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2090, art. 2(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2007) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/743), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2011) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/685), arts. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 23(1)(f) and preceding word inserted (7.4.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/78, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 23(1)(f) and word omitted (1.7.2010) by virtue of The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Creative Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/223), arts. 1, 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/654), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(a) substituted (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3095, art. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(b) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1563, art. 2(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(c) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1563, art. 2(1)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(d) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1563, art. 2(1)(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "S. 23(2)(e) and the preceding “and” inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1563, art. 2(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(e) substituted (1.4.2006) by The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/654), arts. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "S. 23(4) substituted for s. 23(4)-(6) (1.12.2006) by National Lottery Act 2006 (c. 23), ss. 15(1), 22(1); S.I. 2006/3201, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23(2) power to apply (with modifications) conferred (8.4.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 28(4), 40; S.I. 2005/1134, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 23(2) power to apply (with modifications) conferred (8.7.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 32(4), 40; S.I. 2005/1831, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 23(2) power to apply (with modifications) conferred (8.7.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 26(5), 40; S.I. 2005/1831, art. 2"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/39/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:51.269626+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}