{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/1",
  "legislation_title": "International Development Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Financial assistance",
  "text": "(1) Financial assistance may be provided under this Act—\n(a) by way of grant or loan,\n(b) in the form of a guarantee, or\n(c) by the Minister acquiring securities of a company.\n(2) More than one form of financial assistance may be provided in any case.\n(3) In this section—\n“company” includes any body corporate, wherever registered; and\n“securities”, in relation to a company, means shares (including stock), debentures, bonds and other securities, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not.\n(4) This section is subject to section 7(3) (Treasury approval required for certain financial assistance).\n(5) In a case where securities of a company are acquired by the Treasury, the securities are to be treated as held by the persons for the time being constituting the Treasury.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 6(1)(c) substituted (10.1.2018) by The Transfer of Functions (International Development) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1283), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(5) inserted (10.1.2018) by The Transfer of Functions (International Development) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1283), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(3) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/1/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:47.475453+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}