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The Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/3004 · Made 19 November 2008

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Local Loans

Made 19th November 2008

Coming into force 20th November 2008

The Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 4(1) of the National Loans Act 1968f1 make the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons:

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Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 13; section 4 was substituted by section 125(1) of the Finance Act 1984 (c.43) and subsection (1) was amended by section 130 of the Finance Act 1990 (c.29).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2008, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2

For the purposes of the aggregate limit in section 4(1) of the National Loans Act 1968, the Treasury specify the sum of £70,000 million.

Signature

Frank Roy

Tony Cunningham

Two of the Lords Commissioners

of Her Majesty’s Treasury

19th November 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 4(1) of the National Loans Act 1968 limits the aggregate amount that may be outstanding in respect of commitments entered into by the Public Works Loan Commissioners to grant local loans and the principal amount of any local loans.

This Order increases that limit from £55,000 million to £70,000 million.