Article 15 Application of Part IV: increase in the basic credit approval

Where in a financial year (in this article referred to as the “current year”) a regulated company reduces its liabilities within the meaning of article 16, Part IV shall apply subject to the modification that the relevant authority may treat a relevant credit approval as increased by the amount relating to that company of the excess referred to in article 16(4).

In paragraph (1), the reference to a relevant credit approval is a reference to a basic credit approval issued or transferred to the authority and having effect for the financial year following the current year.

A basic credit approval may be treated as increased under paragraph (1) notwithstanding that a determination has been made under section 56(1) with respect to the whole or any part of the amount of the approval, and, where the amount of a basic credit approval is nil, the amount of the increase shall be treated as the amount of the approval.