2000 No. 78
NATIONAL LOTTERY

The National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Scotland) Order 2000

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 29 of the National Lottery etc. Act 19931 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and with the agreement of the Secretary of State2, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 7th April 2000.

(2)

This Order extends to Scotland only.

Amendment of section 23(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 19932.

(1)

Section 23(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (sums paid into the Distribution Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts to be held for distribution by certain bodies)3 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (b) (proportion of such sums so allocated to be held for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council), for “8.9 per cent.” there shall be substituted “7.74 per cent.”.

(3)

In paragraph (d), the word “and” shall be omitted, and at the end of paragraph (e) there shall be inserted–

“, and

(f)

as to 1.16 per cent, for distribution by Scottish Screen.”.

Transfer of unspent balances to Scottish Screen3.

On 1st April 2000 the sum of £2,358,000 that, apart from this Order, would be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council shall be so held for distribution by Scottish Screen.

Sam Galbraith
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

I agree.

Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 23 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 specifies the bodies that are to distribute sums paid into the National Lottery Distribution Fund. Subsection (1) of that section deals with sums paid into that fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts.

Article 2 adds Scottish Screen to the list of distributing bodies in section 23(1). It also provides that 1.16 per cent of the sums paid into the Distribution Fund and allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts is to be held for distribution by Scottish Screen. The percentage held for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council is adjusted by a corresponding amount.

Article 3 transfers the unspent balance of the Scottish Art Council’s film budget as at 1st April 2000 to Scottish Screen.