4 Overriding duties of the Secretary of State and Director General.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State and (subject to any directions he may be given by the Secretary of State under section 11) the Director General shall each exercise his functions under this Part in the manner he considers the most likely to secure—
(a)that the National Lottery is run, and every lottery that forms part of it is promoted, with all due propriety, and
(b)that the interests of every participant in a lottery that forms part of the National Lottery are protected.
(2)Subject to subsection (1), the Secretary of State and the Director General shall each in exercising those functions do his best to secure that the net proceeds of the National Lottery are as great as possible.
(3)In subsection (2) “the net proceeds of the National Lottery” means the sums that are paid to the Secretary of State by virtue of section 5(6).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4 modified (8.4.2005) by Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (c. 25), ss. 34(2), 40; S.I. 2005/1134, art. 2
C2S. 4 functions made partly exercisable concurrently (22.8.2007) by The Transfer of Functions (Olympics and Paralympics) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2129), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(2)(a)(i) (with art. 4)