(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force, as from 1st April 1999, section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to the National Lottery Act 1998 (the Act) along with certain consequential repeals. Section 1 and Schedule 1 make provision for the National Lottery Commission which replaces the Director General of the National Lottery.
Upon this Order taking effect, all the provisions of the Act will have been brought into force. Those provisions not brought into force by this Order came into force, by reason of section 27 of the Act, either on the day on which the Act was passed, 2nd July 1998, or two months thereafter.