Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 143
NATIONAL LOTTERY
The New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiative) Order 2004
Made
22nd January 2004
Coming into force
23rd January 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 43B(1) and 43C(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993( 1 ), and having consulted such persons as appear to her to be appropriate in accordance with section 43C(4) of that Act, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 60(2)( 2 ) of that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiative) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Specification of Initiative
2. An initiative to provide facilities and activities intended to reduce the social exclusion of young people is specified for the purposes of section 43B(1) of the National Lotter etc. Act 1993.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
22nd January 2004
1993 c. 39 . Sections 43B and 43C were inserted by section 7(2) of the National Lottery Act 1998 (c. 22) .
Section 60(2) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 was amended, so as to include a reference to orders under section 43B of that Act, by section 15(2) of the National Lottery Act 1998. In section 60 of the 1993 Act, a reference to an order is a reference to an order of the Secretary of State: see section 60(6), which was inserted by section 15(6) of the 1998 Act.