The African Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2015

Made: 18th September 2015

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 African Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the African Development Bank dated 4th August 1963 and ratified by the Government on 29th April 1983[^f00002];

• “the Bank” means the African Development Bank established by the Agreement;

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

• “the Resolutions” means

• Resolution B/BG/2012/04 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 31st May 2012; and

• Resolution B/BG/2010/08 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 27th May 2010.

Relevant Payments

3

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

• (a) make payment of a further subscription to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank of sums not exceeding in the aggregate 7,946,866.67 pounds sterling pursuant to arrangements made between the Government and the Bank in accordance with the terms of the Resolutions;

• (b) make payment of sums required to maintain the value of the payment mentioned in paragraph (a) in accordance with the Agreement and any arrangements made between the Government and the Bank; and

• (c) 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 Bank 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 — 18th September 2015

We approve,

Mel Stride — Alun Cairns — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 18th September 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order approves the payment to the African Development Bank of a subscription not exceeding in the aggregate 7,946,866.67 pounds sterling to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank pursuant to arrangements made with the Bank in accordance with Resolutions B/BG/2012/04 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 31st May 2012 and B/BG/2010/08 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 27th May 2010. The Order further provides that the Secretary of State may make payments to maintain the value of the subscription to the increased authorised capital stock. It also provides that the Secretary of State may make payments to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State in payment of this subscription.

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.1205; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.