PART IThe British National Oil Corporation
General functions of the Corporation
4Directions by Secretary of State
1
The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Corporation, give to the Corporation such general or specific directions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
2
Nothing in any provision of this Act, excluding the preceding subsection, which provides for the giving of a direction or notice to the Corporation by the Secretary of State or for the making in any form by the Secretary of State of a requirement relating to the Corporation shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the preceding subsection.