The National Lottery is currently included in the list of public bodies covered by the Officials Languages Act 2003 which is contained in Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 1(5)(b) of Schedule 1 provides that the Official Languages Act shall apply to a body, organisation or group that at the date of the coming into operation of this Schedule is a public body but subsequently comes under private ownership and control.
Should the holder of the next National Lottery licence be a privately owned firm, under the terms of the Official Languages Act the National Lottery will remain subject to the provisions of that Act.