(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confers on the Secretary of State the power to make various payments from the National Lottery Distribution Fund into the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund. Article 2(1) allows the Secretary of State to make the payments set out in that article. Article 2(2) and (4) specifies, in the case of each payment, the sum which is to be treated as paid out of money allocated to each of the arts, sport, the national heritage and prescribed expenditure that is charitable or connected to health, education or the environment.
This Order also reallocates balances held in the National Lottery Distribution Fund by the sports Lottery distributors within the sport good cause. Articles 3 and 4 reallocate balances held by the English Sports Council (also known as Sport England), the Scottish Sports Council (also known as sportscotland), the Sports Council for Wales and the Sports for Northern Ireland to the United Kingdom Sports Council (also known as UK Sport). Such balances will only be allocated following a payment made under article 2(1).