2006 No. 2915

NATIONAL LOTTERY

The National Lottery Distributors Dissolution Order 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43B of, paragraph 1 of Schedule 5, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6A to, the National Lottery etc. Act 19931 and section 16 of the National Lottery Act 20062.

In accordance with section 17(8)(b) of the National Lottery Act 2006, the Secretary of State is satisfied that, in relation to the dissolution of the National Lottery Charities Board, the Millennium Commission and the New Opportunities Fund and the transfer of their rights and liabilities to the Big Lottery Fund, sufficient notice has been given to enable compliance with any applicable requirement of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 20063.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the National Lottery Distributors Dissolution Order 2006.

2

This Order shall come into force only if the Prescribed Expenditure Order is made, and shall do so on the day that Order comes into force4.

3

If the Prescribed Expenditure Order is not made before 31st December 2006, this Order is revoked with effect from that date.

4

In this article “the Prescribed Expenditure Order” means the Big Lottery Fund (Prescribed Expenditure) Order 2006 laid in draft before Parliament on 11th October 2006.

Dissolution2

The National Lottery Charities Board5, the Millennium Commission6 and the New Opportunities Fund7 shall cease to exist on the day this Order comes into force.

Revocation3

The Orders listed in the Schedule are hereby revoked.

Richard CabornMinister of StateDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

SCHEDULEREVOCATIONS

Article 3

1

The National Lottery Charities Board (Increase in Membership) (Revocation) Order 1999 (No. 1878).

2

The Millennium Commission (Substitution of a Later Date) Order 2000 (No. 3355).

3

The New Opportunities Fund (Increase in Membership) Order 2003 (No. 2869).

4

The Millennium Commission (Reduction in Membership) Order 2003 (No. 3033).

5

The New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiative) Order 2005 (No. 1102).

6

The Millennium Commission (Reduction in Membership) Order 2005 (No. 2470).

7

The New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) (No. 2) Order 2005 (No. 3235).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the National Lottery Charities Board (also known as the Community Fund), the Millennium Commission and the New Opportunities Fund on the date that the Big Lottery Fund (Prescribed Expenditure) Order 2006 comes into force. Article 1 of that Order, which was laid in draft before Parliament on 11th October 2006, provides for it to come into force on whichever is the later of 1st December 2006 or the day after the day on which it is made. The Big Lottery Fund, established by section 14 of the National Lottery Act 2006, is the successor body of these three lottery distributors. This Order also revokes several statutory instruments which related to the dissolved distributors.