The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (No. 2) Order 1999

Made23rd July 1999

Laid before Parliament23rd July 1999

Coming into force1st October 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 29 of the National Lottery etc. Act 19931, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st October 1999.

Amendment of section 23(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 19932

1

Section 23(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (sums paid into the Distribution Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts to be held for distribution by certain bodies)2 shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (a) (proportion of such sums so allocated to be held for distribution by the Arts Council of England), for “83.3 per cent.” there shall be substituted “71.1 per cent.”.

3

In paragraph (c), the word “and” shall be omitted, and at the end of paragraph (d) there shall be inserted–

, and
e
as to 12.2 per cent., for distribution by the Film Council.

Chris SmithSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport23rd July 1999

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 23 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 specifies the bodies that are to distribute sums paid into the National Lottery Distribution Fund. Subsection (1) of that section deals with sums paid into that Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts.

This Order adds the Film Council to the list of distributing bodies in section 23(1). It also provides that 12.2 per cent. of the sums paid into the Distribution Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts is to be held for distribution by the Film Council, and adjusts the percentage held for the Arts Council of England by a corresponding amount. This is because, as from 1st October 1999 when the Order comes into force, the Film Council will assume from the Arts Council of England primary responsibility for awarding grants from National Lottery proceeds in respect of films and film-making. The Film Council is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (registered number 3815052).