PART IGENERAL

Functions of the Inland Revenue

4.—(1) The Board shall collect repayments from borrowers in accordance with Parts III and IV, and the provisions of section 1 of the 1970 Act shall apply for those purposes as they apply for the purposes of income tax.

(2) The Board shall, at such times and in such manner as the Treasury may direct, account to the Secretary of State for, and pay to him the sums estimated by the Board (in the manner so directed) to have been collected by them as repayments in accordance with Parts III and IV.

(3) Repayments shall not include any interest, penalties or charges payable under Part III or IV, and the Board shall cause any such sums which they recover to be paid, at such times and under such regulations as the Treasury may from time to time prescribe, to accounts, to be intituled “The Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer”, at the Bank of England, and the sums so paid shall form part of the Consolidated Fund.