100 Exercise of functions through nominees.E+W+S
(1)The Treasury or, with the approval of the Treasury, the Secretary of State may, for the purposes of section 98 or 99 above or section 106 below, appoint any person to act as the nominee, or one of the nominees, of the Treasury or the Secretary of State; and—
(a)securities of a successor company may be issued under section 98 above or section 106 below to any nominee of the Treasury or the Secretary of State appointed for the purposes of that section, and
(b)any such nominee appointed for the purposes of section 99 above may acquire securities under that section,
in accordance with directions given from time to time by the Treasury or, with the consent of the Treasury, by the Secretary of State.
(2)Any person holding any securities as a nominee of the Treasury or the Secretary of State by virtue of subsection (1) above shall hold and deal with them (or any of them) on such terms and in such manner as the Treasury or, with the consent of the Treasury, the Secretary of State may direct.