http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/22/section/2Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010Make provision for or in connection with the relief of debts of certain developing countries.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-01-05Expert Participation2020-12-31 21The expressions used in section 1(3) have the meaning given below.2“Debt” includes—aa liability that falls to be discharged otherwise than by the making of a payment,ban obligation to repurchase property that arises under an agreement for the sale and repurchase of property (whether or not the same property), andca liability of the lessee under a finance lease (except a liability so far as relating to the operation or maintenance of property subject to the lease).3“Debt” does not include—aa liability to pay for goods or services that arose on the delivery of the goods or the provision of services,ba liability that falls to be discharged in less than a year from the time it was incurred (“a short-term debt”) unless the short-term debt is within subsection (4), orca liability incurred after commencement that replaces anything that was (at the time of the replacement) within paragraph (a) or (b).4A short-term debt is within this subsection if it ought to have been discharged—amore than a year before commencement, andb(where decision point has been reached in respect of the country concerned) more than a year before decision point.5A debt is a “public” debt of a country if it was incurred by—athe country or any part of it (or the government of the country or any part of the country or any department of any such government),bthe central bank or other monetary authority of the country, orca body corporate controlled (directly or indirectly) by anything within paragraph (a) or (b).6In subsection (5)(a) references to part of a country include any municipality or other local government area in the country.7A debt is a “publicly guaranteed” debt of a country if—ait is guaranteed,bthe guarantee was entered into—ibefore commencement, andiiwhere decision point has been reached in respect of the country, before that point was reached, andcthe debt would be a public debt of the country if it had been incurred by the guarantor.8If the conditions in subsection (7)(a) to (c) are met as regards part of a debt, that part is regarded as a publicly guaranteed debt of the country concerned.9A public or publicly guaranteed debt of a country is “external” unless the creditor was resident in the country—aif decision point was reached in respect of the country before commencement, at the time that point was reached, orbotherwise, at commencement.10If in any proceedings there is an issue as to whether a debt is a qualifying debt, treat the debt as external unless it is proved in those proceedings that it is not external.