National Lottery Act 1998

The 1993 Act

13 In section 14 of the 1993 Act (annual report) in subsection (2)—

(a) paragraph (a) (which relates to the first report of the Director General) shall be omitted; and

(b) after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(aa) the period beginning with the date on which section 3A comes into force and ending with the next 31st March, and”.

14 In section 20 of the 1993 Act (interpretation of Part I)—

(a) before the definition of “contravention” there shall be inserted—

““the Commission” means the National Lottery Commission;”; and

(b) the definition of “the Director General” shall be omitted.

15 (1) Section 31 of the 1993 Act (payments from Distribution Fund in respect of expenses) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) paragraph (a) (meeting payments made or to be made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2) shall cease to have effect; and

(b) after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(aa) meeting payments made or to be made under paragraph 10 of Schedule 2A,”.

(3) Subsection (3) (which relates to subsection (2)(a)) shall be omitted.

(4) At the end of the section there shall be added—

“(4) In determining what amounts are appropriate for meeting the payments referred to in subsection (2)(aa), the Secretary of State shall take into account sums paid or to be paid into the Consolidated Fund under section 7(6).”