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This Order may be cited as the New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
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For the purposes of section 43B(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 the initiatives set out in article 3 are specified.
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(1) An initiative to improve–
(a) the prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, including by promoting awareness of, and access to, facilities for preventing, detecting, diagnosing and treating cancer;
(b) the provision of palliative care for persons suffering from cancer; and
(c) the provision to such persons, or to their families or others caring for them, of support and information services associated with such palliative care.
(2) An initiative to help communities to understand, improve and care for their environment (including the living and social environment), which may involve–
(a) the acquisition of land;
(b) the promotion and management of access to the countryside or to other land which is (or is to be) open to the public; and
(c) the promotion of the use of land for the benefit of the community.
(3) An initiative to promote access to education for persons aged 16 or over, particularly through the development of facilities for providing such access by means of information and communications technology.
(4) In paragraph (3)–
(a) the reference to the development of facilities includes a reference to the training of persons (“users”) in the use of facilities, and to the training of persons to assist or train users; and
(b) the reference to access to education includes a reference to access to information to be used for the purposes of education.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
25th March 1999