The African Development Bank (Fifteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) 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 Bank (Fifteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Bank” means the African Development Bank established by an agreement dated 4th August 1963, as ratified by the Government on 29th April 1983[^f00003];

• “the Fund” means the African Development Fund of the Bank established by an agreement dated 29th November 1972, as ratified by the Government on 30th June 1973[^f00004];

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

• “the Resolution” mean Resolution No. F/BG/2020/01 of the Fund’s Board of Governors dated 14 May 2020.

Relevant Payments

3

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

• (a) make payment of a further contribution to the Fund not exceeding £633,090,000 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Fund 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 Fund pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a),

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

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 approves the making of payments on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom to the African Development Bank of sums not exceeding £633,090,000 as a further contribution to the resources of the African Development Fund. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to Resolution No F/BG/2020/01 adopted by the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank on 14 May 2020. 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 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]: Cmnd 1205; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.

[^f00004]: Cmnd 7551; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.