8.—(1) The Department, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, may direct the Corporation to pay to the Department out of any money which appears to the Department to be surplus to the requirements of the Corporation such sums as the Department may determine.
(2) The Corporation shall comply with any direction under paragraph (1).
(3) The whole or part of any payment made to the Department under this Article shall, if the Department with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel so determines, be treated as made by way of repayment of such part of the principal of government loans made to the Corporation under Part III of the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 and as made in respect of the repayments due at such times, as may be so determined.
(4) Any sums received by the Department under this Article shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.