Article 1

This Order may be cited as the Caribbean Development Bank (Further Payments) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22nd February 1997.

In this Order—

• “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank dated 18th October 1969 and ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 23rd January 1970^f1;

• “the Bank” means the Caribbean Development Bank established by the Agreement;

• “the Fund” means the Special Development Fund of the Bank established by Article 8 of the Agreement;

• “the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom;

• “the Resolution” means the Resolution entitled “Resolution of Contributors to the Special Development Fund of the Caribbean Development Bank” adopted at the meeting of Contributors on 20th October 1995.