EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the following provisions of the National Lottery Act 2006:

(a)section 7, which amends section 22 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”) to alter the way in which money held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund is allocated. That section is not brought into force in so far as the amendments made by it relate to the Channel Islands;

(b)section 13, which amends sections 25 and 25A of the 1993 Act to enable lottery distributors to meet expenditure which relates to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and to delegate their powers of distribution to a body established in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. That section is not brought into force in so far as the amendments made by it relate to the Channel Islands;

(c)section 15, which amends section 23 of the 1993 Act (to provide for the Big Lottery Fund to be a lottery distributor) and inserts sections 36B to 36E of the 1993 Act (which themselves confer functions on the Big Lottery Fund);

(d)sections 17 to 19 which make provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities and balances held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund, and which make consequential amendments, arising out of the dissolution of the National Lottery Charities Board, the Millennium Commission and the New Opportunities Fund under section 16 of the National Lottery Act 2006;

(e)section 20 which inserts a new definition of charitable expenditure in section 44 of the 1993 Act; and

(f)section 21 and Schedule 3 which provide for repeals.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)