The International Development Association (Twentieth Replenishment) Order 2022

Made: 19th December 2022

Coming into force: 20th December 2022

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the International Development Association (Twentieth Replenishment) Order 2022 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

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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;

• “the Resolution” means Resolution No. 248 entitled ‘Additions to Resources: Twentieth Replenishment’ adopted by the Board of Governors of the Association on 31st March 2022[^f00003].

Relevant Payments

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

• (a) make payment of a further contribution to the Association not exceeding £1,414,000,000 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

Andrew Mitchell — Minister of State — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — 13th December 2022

We approve,

Amanda Solloway — Scott Mann — Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury — 19th December 2022

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 International Development Association of sums not exceeding £1,414,000,000 as a further contribution to the resources of the International Development Association. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to arrangements made between the Government and the Association in accordance with resolution No. 248 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Association on 31st March 2022. The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes by the Secretary of State pursuant to those arrangements.

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

The provisions of Resolution No. 248 may be obtained by application to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH and are available online at https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099841004042214431/pdf/IDU0071008f30a7bf04ecd0b4e00311325799dc2.pdf.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c. 1. Sections 11(3) and (4) were amended by S.I. 2017/1283.

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

[^f00003]: This Resolution is available online at https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099841004042214431/pdf/IDU0071008f30a7bf04ecd0b4e00311325799dc2.pdf.