The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2020

Made: 30th November 2020

Coming into force: 1st December 2020

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs[^f00002] makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2020 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment to the 2006 Order

2

In article 3 of the African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) Order 2006 for “£329.03 million” substitute “£395.45 million”[^f00003].

Signed

James Duddridge — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — 25th November 2020

We approve,

Maggie Throup — Michael Tomlinson — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 30th November 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) Order 2006 by increasing the amount that may be paid by the Secretary of State as additional contributions to the African Development Fund from £329.03 million to £395.45 million. The adjusted amount is in accordance with arrangements made with the Fund pursuant to Resolution F/BG/2006/12 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Fund on 18 May 2006.

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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, King Charles St, London SW1A 2AH.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c.1.

[^f00002]: The draft version of this Order laid before and approved by the House of Commons referred to the Secretary of State for International Development. Following the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 2 September 2020, the functions of the Secretary of State for International Development transferred to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. See S.I. 2020/942.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2006/2321. The figure of £329.03 million in article 3 of the 2006 Order was substituted by article 2 of the African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1192).