Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL DEBT
Made
26th April 1984
Laid before Parliament
26th April 1984
Coming into Operation
11th May 1984
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 11(1) of the National Debt Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Premium Savings Bonds (Amendment) Regulations 1984, and shall come into operation on 11th May 1984.
2. The Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972(1) shall be amended, in Regulation 13(1) (power to make payment without a grant by representation subject to a limit of £1,500), by substituting for the words “£1,500” the words “£5,000”.
3. These Regulations shall apply in relation to deaths occurring on or after the date on which these Regulations come into operation.
4. The Premium Savings Bonds (Amendment) Regulations 1975 are hereby revoked.
Alastair Goodlad
D. J. F. Hunt
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
26th April 1984
These Regulations, which amend the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1972, further increase the limit on the amount which may be repaid on death without the necessity for probate or other proof of title from £1,500 to £5,000. The increased limit applies to payments made in relation to deaths occurring after these Regulations come into operation.
the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1975/1191.