(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.
Article 2 adds Scottish Screen to the list of distributing bodies in section 23(1). It also provides that 1.16 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 Scottish Screen. The percentage held for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council is adjusted by a corresponding amount.
Article 3 transfers the unspent balance of the Scottish Art Council’s film budget as at 1st April 2000 to Scottish Screen.