National Lottery etc. Act 1993

29 Power to amend section 23

(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of section 23 so as—

(a) to substitute a different body for any body for the time being specified in that subsection;

(b) to add another body to the bodies or body for the time being specified in it;

(c) to omit any body for the time being specified in it;

(d) to substitute different percentages for any percentages for the time being specified in it.

(2) Any amendment made under subsection (1) shall be such that the amended subsection—

(a) provides for the whole of the sum mentioned in that subsection to be held for distribution by the one body specified in that subsection, or

(b) provides for the whole of that sum to be held for distribution by the two or more bodies specified in that subsection and specifies, in relation to each of those bodies, what percentage of that sum is to be held for distribution by that body.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide that subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of section 23 shall, pending the making of an order amending that subsection under subsection (1),—

(a) cease to have effect, or

(b) have effect as if any of the bodies for the time being specified in it were omitted.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of section 60(5)—

(a) an order made under subsection (1) may provide for sums that apart from the order would be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by a particular body to be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by another body (being a body that on the coming into force of the order is specified in the subsection amended by the order);

(b) an order made under subsection (3) may provide for sums that apart from the order would be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by a particular body to be held in the Distribution Fund in the name of the Secretary of State, pending being held for distribution by another body in accordance with the order to be made under subsection (1).

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Secretary of State may exercise his powers under that subsection so as to remove from section 23 any body that has contravened or failed to comply with a requirement or prohibition imposed on it by or under section 26 or 27.