
1 
This Order may be cited as the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2 
Section 23(2)(a) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (distributing bodies for sums allocated for expenditure on or connected with sport) shall be amended by substituting “the English Sports Council” for “the Sports Council”.
3 
Sums that apart from this Order would be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by the Sports Council shall be held in the Distribution Fund for distribution by the English Sports Council.
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for National Heritage
10th December 1996