National Lottery etc. Act 1993

Section 3.

SCHEDULE 2 The Director General of the National Lottery

Tenure of office

1 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a person shall hold and vacate office as Director General in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(2) A person shall not be appointed to hold office as Director General for a term of more than five years.

(3) At the end of a term of appointment as Director General a person shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(4) The Secretary of State may remove a person from office as Director General on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

Remuneration etc.

2 (1) The Director General shall be paid such remuneration and such travelling and other allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2) Where the Secretary of State so determines in the case of a holder of the office of Director General—

(a) such pension, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine shall be paid to or in respect of him, or

(b) such payments as the Secretary of State may determine shall be made towards the provision of a pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of him.

(3) If the Secretary of State determines that there are special circumstances that make it right for a person ceasing to hold office as Director General to receive compensation, such compensation as the Secretary of State may determine may be paid to him.

(4) A determination under this paragraph shall not have effect unless it has been approved by the Treasury.

Staff

3 The Director General may appoint such staff as he may determine, subject to the Treasury approving their number and the terms and conditions of their service.

4 Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment to be done by the Director General may be done by any member of his staff who has been authorised by him (whether generally or specially) for that purpose.

Finance

5 There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) the remuneration of the Director General and any other payments made under paragraph 2, and

(b) such sums as are necessary to defray any expenses incurred by the Director General.

Evidence

6 A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Director General or to be signed by him or on his behalf shall be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, taken to be so executed or signed.

The Parliamentary Commissioner

7 In the [1967 c. 13.] Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in Schedule 2 (departments and authorities subject to investigation), the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place— “Office of the Director General of the National Lottery.

The Council on Tribunals

8 (1) In section 7 of the [1992 c. 53.] Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (which restricts Ministers' powers to remove members of tribunals listed in Schedule 1 to that Act) in subsection (2) (tribunals to which that section does not apply) after “33(a),” there shall be inserted “33A,”.

(2) In Schedule 1 to that Act (tribunals under the supervision of the Council on Tribunals) after paragraph 33 there shall be inserted—

“National Lottery

33A The Director General of the National Lottery in respect of his functions under section 10 of and Schedule 3 to the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (c. 39), and any member of the Director General’s staff authorised under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act to exercise any of those functions.”

Parliamentary disqualification

9 (1) In the [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices), the following entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place— “Director General of the National Lottery.

(2) The same entry shall be inserted at the appropriate place in Part III of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 25.] Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.