Part 8General

I2I1257“Financial assistance”

1

In this Act “financial assistance” includes giving guarantees or indemnities and any other kind of financial assistance (actual or contingent).

2

The Treasury may by order provide that a specified activity or transaction, or class of activity or transaction, is to be or not to be treated as financial assistance for a specified purpose of this Act; and subsection (1) is subject to this subsection.

3

An order—

a

shall be made by statutory instrument, and

b

shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.