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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

In these Regulations—

  • “Bank of England rate” means the official bank rate as announced at the relevant meeting;

  • “operative date” means the 13th working day following the relevant meeting;

  • “relevant meeting” means the most recent meeting of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committeef1;

  • “working day” means any day other than a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882f2.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 31.10.2011, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

The Monetary Policy Committee was constituted on a statutory basis by section 13 of the Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11).

f2

1882 c. 61; section 92 was amended by sections 3(1) and (3) and 4(4) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80).