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International Monetary Fund Act 1979

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2Loans to Fund

(1)The Treasury may lend the International Monetary Fund, in accordance with the Fund's borrowing arrangements, such sums not, in the aggregate, after allowing in accordance with the borrowing arrangements for repayments made under them, exceeding £357,142,857.

(2)The Treasury may by order raise or further raise the limit on lending imposed by subsection (1) above.

(3)The power of the Treasury to make orders under subsection (2) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and no such order shall be made until a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

(4)Sums to be lent under this section shall be issued out of the National Loans Fund.

(5)In this section " the Fund's borrowing arrangements" means arrangements made by the International Monetary Fund for enabling it to borrow the currency of any member of the Fund taking part in the arrangements.

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