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(1)Subsection (2) applies to a requisition, request or order under—
(a)section 13 or 15 of the [1866 c. 39.] Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 (payments out of the Consolidated Fund), or
(b)section 1(3) of the [1968 c. 13.] National Loans Act 1968 (payments out of the National Loans Fund).
(2)A requisition, request or order to which this subsection applies—
(a)may be produced, authenticated and transmitted in any manner which the Treasury, with the approval of the Comptroller and Auditor General, decide to adopt, but
(b)shall be accompanied by evidence of the approval of two officers of the Treasury appointed for that purpose.
(3)A request or order under section 20 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 (government stock and annuities) may be produced, authenticated and transmitted in any manner which the Treasury decide to adopt.
(4)Section 56 of the [1975 c. 7.] Finance Act 1975 (signature of requisitions and requests) shall cease to have effect.
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