Commentary on Sections Part 3: National Lottery: Olympic Lotteries Section 35: Changes in Olympic Procedure
100.The International Olympic Committee is an independent body governed by an Executive Board which retains overall control of the organisational framework for the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games. If London is elected to host the 2012 Olympic Games and the IOC changes its arrangements or organisation it may be necessary for legislation to be amended to enable the obligations under London’s host city contract to be fulfilled. This section gives the Secretary of State the power to effect legislative change by order in response to those changes. The circumstances in which this power is exercisable are narrow. The order making power is only triggered when the IOC makes a change in arrangements relating to the Summer Olympic Games, and where the Secretary of State considers it to be necessary or expedient to make provision in legislation as a result of that change. Any such order would need to be laid in draft and approved by resolution in each House of Parliament, as provided in section 36(4).