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National Lottery Bill [H.L]

This is the text of the National Lottery Bill [H.L], as amended in Committee in the House of Commons on 12 May 1998.

 
 
  
National Lottery Bill [H.L]
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The Director General and the National Lottery Commission
Clause 
1.Replacement of Director General by National Lottery Commission.

Licensees
2.Financial penalties for breach of conditions in licences.
3.Appeals against financial penalties.
4.Appeals against revocation of licences.
5.Access by Comptroller and Auditor General to documents etc.

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

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

Supplemental provision
15.Orders and regulations.

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

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

SCHEDULES:
    Schedule 1-Replacement of Director General by Commission: supplementary provisions.
    Part I-Transfers etc.
    Part II-Constitution of the Commission.
    Part III-Minor and consequential amendments.
    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    Schedule 5-Enactments repealed.
    Part I-Enactments relating to replacement of Director General by Commission.
    Part II-Other enactments.
 

 
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