The International Development Association (Seventeenth Replenishment) Order 2014

Made: 11th November 2014

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for International Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the International Development Association (Seventeenth Replenishment) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Association” means the International Development Association established by an agreement dated 29th January 1960 and accepted on behalf of the Government on 14th September 1960[^f00002];

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

• “the Resolution” means Resolution No 234 entitled ‘Additions to Resources: Seventeenth Replenishment’ adopted by the Board of Governors of the Association on 5th May 2014.

Relevant Payments

3

The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government—

• (a) make payment of a further contribution to the Association not exceeding £3,300,000,000 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Association in accordance with the Resolution; and

• (b) make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by the Secretary of State and accepted by the Association pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a),

in accordance with section 11 of the International Development Act 2002.

Signed

Justine Greening — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 10th November 2014

We approve,

Harriett Baldwin — Alun Cairns — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 11th November 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order approves the making of a payment on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom to the International Development Association (“the Association”) of a sum not exceeding 3.3 billion pounds sterling. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to arrangements made between the Government and the Association in accordance with Resolution 234 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Association on 5th May 2014 (“the Resolution”). The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to those arrangements.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

The provisions of the Resolution may be obtained by application to the Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, London SW1A 2EG.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c. 1.

[^f00002]: Cmnd 1244; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.