National Lottery Act 1998

14 The National Lottery Charities Board

(1) In section 38 of the 1993 Act (grants to charities etc by the National Lottery Charities Board) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(3) The Charities Board may for the purpose of enabling them to exercise their functions acquire and dispose of land.”

(2) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the 1993 Act (remuneration and allowances etc of members of the Board) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (3) to (6) below.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) (which permits the payment of remuneration to the chairman of the Board and the chairman of any committee of the Board) for “the chairman of any committee of theirs” there shall be substituted “any other member of the Board”.

(4) In sub-paragraph (2) (which permits provision to be made in respect of pensions for the chairman of the Board or the chairman of any committee of the Board) for “or chairman of a committee of the Charities Board,” there shall be substituted “, or in the case of any other member of the Charities Board,”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (3) (which permits the payment of compensation for loss of office to the chairman of the Board or the chairman of any committee of the Board) for “or of a committee of the Charities Board” there shall be substituted “, or ceasing to be a member of the Charities Board,”.

(6) Sub-paragraph (4) (approval of Treasury required) shall cease to have effect.

(7) Paragraph 5 of that Schedule (staff of the Board) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (8) to (10) below.

(8) For sub-paragraph (1) (Board may appoint such staff as they may determine with the Secretary of State’s approval as to numbers and terms and conditions of service) there shall be substituted—

“(1) Subject to any directions under section 26(3), the Charities Board may appoint such staff as they think fit, on such terms and conditions of service as they think fit.”

(9) In sub-paragraph (2) (provision may be made in relation to pensions etc with the Secretary of State’s approval)—

(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to any directions under section 26(3),”; and

(b) the words “with the Secretary of State’s approval” shall cease to have effect.

(10) Sub-paragraph (4) (consent of Treasury required) shall cease to have effect.

(11) In Schedule 1 to the [1958 c. 51.] Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records) the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3— “National Lottery Charities Board.

(12) In the entry relating to the National Lottery Charities Board—

(a) in Part III of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (other disqualifying offices), and

(b) in Part III of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 25.] Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (other disqualifying offices),

for “and any chairman of a committee of that Board” there shall be substituted “and, if in receipt of remuneration, any other member of that Board”.