Part 6Banknotes: Scotland and Northern Ireland

Regulations and rules

I1216Banknote rules

1

Banknote regulations may require or permit the Bank of England to make rules (“banknote rules”) about any aspect of the treatment, holding or issuing of banknotes by authorised banks.

2

In particular, banknote regulations may require or permit banknote rules to do anything which banknote regulations may do.

3

Banknote rules—

a

may make provision generally or only for specified purposes, cases or circumstances, and

b

may make different provision for different purposes, cases or circumstances.