# The ABRO Trading Fund Order 2002, Introduction: Introductory text


GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS
Made 14th March 2002
Coming into force 1st April 2002
Whereas:
(1) It appears to the Secretary of State for Defence (“the Secretary of State”) that:—
(a) those operations of the Ministry of Defence which are referred to in Article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order are suitable to be financed by means of a fund established under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 (“the 1973 Act”) and, in particular, to be so managed that the revenue of the fund would consist principally of receipts in respect of goods or services provided in the course of the operations in question, and
(b) the financing of the operations in question by means of a trading fund would be in the interests of the improved efficiency and effectiveness of the management of those operations;
(2) The Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 2 of the 1973 Act and with the concurrence of the Treasury, determined what Crown assets and liabilities are properly attributable to the operations in question and are suitable to be appropriated to the fund;
(3) In accordance with section 6(2) of the 1973 Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before the House of Commons and has been approved by a resolution of that House;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 2(1) and (7), 2AA(1), 2A(1), 2C(1) and 6(1) of the 1973 Act, with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/719/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/abro-trading-fund-order-2002/introduction
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