# The New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1598 · made 3 July 1998

The New Opportunities Fund may make grants to fund or assist in the funding of projects or make or enter into arrangements which are designed to give effect to initiatives concerned or connected with health, education and the environment specified to it by the Secretary of State. This Order specifies three such initiatives which apply throughout the United Kingdom. The specified initiatives are initiatives:—to provide facilities, services and advice to promote healthy living;to train teachers, staff working in school libraries and staff working in public library services to use information and communications technology to assist learning; and to make materials of an educational nature available in a digital form on such technology; andto provide activities outside school hours for children who attend school.

Made under: National Lottery etc. Act 1993

## Introductory text

NATIONAL LOTTERY
Made 3rd July 1998
Laid before Parliament 3rd July 1998
Coming into force 24th July 1998
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 43B(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, and having consulted such persons as appear to him appropriate, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th July 1998.

## 2 Specification of initiatives

For the purposes of section 43B(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 the initiatives set out in article 3 are specified.

## 3 Specification of initiatives

(1) An initiative to provide facilities, services and advice to promote healthy living.
(2) An initiative to train teachers, staff in school libraries and staff working in public library services to use information and communications technology in order to assist learning; and to make materials of an educational nature available in a digital form on such technology.
(3) An initiative to provide activities outside school hours for children who attend school.

## 4 Specification of initiatives

For the purposes of article 3(3) a child shall be regarded as attending school notwithstanding that he is excluded, permanently or temporarily, from school.

## Signature

Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
3rd July 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
The New Opportunities Fund may make grants to fund or assist in the funding of projects or make or enter into arrangements which are designed to give effect to initiatives concerned or connected with health, education and the environment specified to it by the Secretary of State. This Order specifies three such initiatives which apply throughout the United Kingdom. The specified initiatives are initiatives:—
(i) to provide facilities, services and advice to promote healthy living;
(ii) to train teachers, staff working in school libraries and staff working in public library services to use information and communications technology to assist learning; and to make materials of an educational nature available in a digital form on such technology; and
(iii) to provide activities outside school hours for children who attend school.

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