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National Lottery Bill [H.L.]

This is the text of the National Lottery Bill [H.L.], as passed by the House of Lords and introduced in the House of Commons on 16 March 1998

 
  
EXPLANATORY AND FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
 
 
 
  
National Lottery Bill [H.L.]
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ETC. ACT 1993
Licensees
Clause 
1.Advisory panels on selection of the body to run the National Lottery.
2.Financial penalties for breach of conditions in licences.
3.Appeals against financial penalties.
4.Appeals against revocation of licences.

The new good cause
5.The new good cause and the re-allocation of lottery money.
6.The New Opportunities Fund.
7.Provisions supplemental to section 6.

Distributing bodies
8.Manner of distribution.
9.Power of distributing bodies to solicit applications.
10.Delegation by distributing bodies of their powers of distribution.
11.Joint schemes for distribution of money by distributing bodies.
12.Strategic plans for distributing bodies.
13.The National Lottery Charities Board.

Supplemental provision
14.Orders and regulations.

PART II
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS
15.The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
16.Objects.
17.General duty and powers.
18.Initial and subsequent endowment.
19.Solicitation of gifts and investment of money.
20.Financial directions etc.
21.Annual report and forward plans.
22.Accounts.
23.Exemption from taxation.
24.Interpretation of Part II.

PART III
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
25.Repeals.
26.Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.
 

SCHEDULES
    Schedule 1-Lottery Advisory Panels on Selection: Schedule 2A to the 1993 Act.
    Schedule 2-The New Opportunities Fund: Schedule 6A to the 1993 Act.
    Schedule 3-Joint schemes: Schedule 3A to the 1993 Act.
    Schedule 4-The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
    Schedule 5-Enactments repealed.
 

 
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