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National Lottery etc. Act 1993
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- s. 4 functions made exercisable concurrently by S.I. 2007/2129 art. 3(1)art. 3(2)(a)(i)
- s. 4 modified by 2004 c. 25 s. 34(2)
- s. 4(3) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 3
- s. 5-6A substituted for s. 5 6 by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 4
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- Act functions ceased to be exercisable concurrently by S.I. 2010/1551 art. 7(a)
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- s. 4A inserted by 2005 c. 19 Sch. 3 para. 2
- s. 4B-4C inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 2
- s. 4B(4)(f) text amended by 2011 c. 4 Sch. 5 para. 17
- s. 7A inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 5(1)
- s. 7A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 6
- s. 10C inserted by 2005 c. 19 Sch. 3 para. 1
- s. 10C(1) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 11
- s. 10C(3)(a) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 11
- s. 10C(3)(b) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 11
- s. 10C(4) text amended by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 1 para. 11
- s. 25E inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 11
- s. 25E modified by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 14(2)
- s. 29A inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 8(1)
- s. 36A inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 14(1)
- s. 36B-36E inserted by 2006 c. 23 s. 15(2)
- s. 36B(3) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 6
- s. 36B(3)(5) transfer of functions by S.I. 2011/739 art. 2(1)(c)
- s. 36B(5) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 6
- s. 36E transfer of functions in part by S.I. 2011/739 art. 2(1)(d)(2)
- s. 36E(1) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(2)
- s. 36E(2) substituted by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(3)
- s. 36E(3) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(4)(a)
- s. 36E(3)(b) omitted by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(4)(b)
- s. 36E(3)(d) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(4)(c)
- s. 36E(4) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(5)
- s. 36E(5) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(6)
- s. 36E(7) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(7)
- s. 36E(8)(b) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 7(8)
- Sch. 4A para. 7(1)(a) functions extended by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 8(1)
- Sch. 4A para. 7(1)(b) functions extended by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 8(2)
- Sch. 4A para. 7(1)(c) functions extended by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 8(3)
- Sch. 4A para. 7(1)(d) functions extended by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 8(4)
- Sch. 4A inserted by 2006 c. 23 Sch. 2
- Sch. 4A para. 6 restricted by 2008 c. 31 s. 22(8)
- Sch. 4A para. 21(1)(b) substituted by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 11(b)
- Sch. 4A para. 21(1)(a) text amended by 2008 c. 31 Sch. 3 para. 11(a)
- Sch. 4A text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 9(2)
- Sch. 4A para. 6 text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 9(3)
- Sch. 4A para. 18(1) text amended by S.I. 2011/739 Sch. para. 9(3)
- Sch. 4A transfer of functions by S.I. 2011/739 art. 2(1)(e)
- Sch. 4A para. 1(1) words substituted by S.I. 2011/2385 art. 2
Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the National Lottery etc. Act 1993:
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- S.I. 2005/1134 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 25)
- S.I. 2005/1831 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 25)
- S.I. 2005/2455 art. 2 Sch. commences (2005 c. 19)
- S.I. 2006/2177 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 23)
- S.I. 2006/2630 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 23)
- S.I. 2006/3201 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 23)
- S.I. 2006/3272 art. 2 Sch. 1-3 commences (2005 c. 19)
- S.I. 2007/539 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 32)
- S.I. 2009/490 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 31)
- S.I. 2010/2 Order commences (2006 c. 23)
- S.I. 2011/1728 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 50)
- S.I. 2011/2576 art. 5 commences (2011 c. 4)
4 Overriding duties of the Secretary of State and Director General.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)The Secretary of State and (subject to any directions he may be given by the Secretary of State under section 11) the Director General shall each exercise his functions under this Part in the manner he considers the most likely to secure—
(a)that the National Lottery is run, and every lottery that forms part of it is promoted, with all due propriety, and
(b)that the interests of every participant in a lottery that forms part of the National Lottery are protected.
(2)Subject to subsection (1), the Secretary of State and the Director General shall each in exercising those functions do his best to secure that the net proceeds of the National Lottery are as great as possible.
(3)In subsection (2) “the net proceeds of the National Lottery” means the sums that are paid to the Secretary of State by virtue of section 5(6).
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