Control and finances of the companies
11 Provisions as to shares in the companies.
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Subject to F1section 2 of the M1Nuclear Industry (Finance) Act 1977, where any shares are issued by F8the Nuclear Fuels Company, otherwise than in pursuance of section 7 of this Act, the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may subscribe for any such shares and pay for them out of moneys provided by Parliament.
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Any dividends or other sums received by the Secretary of State in right of F2or on the disposal of any shares held by him in either of the companies shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
12 Loans by Secretary of State to the companies.
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The Treasury may issue out of the National Loans Fund to the Secretary of State such sums as are necessary to enable him to make loans under this section.
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Any sums received by the Secretary of State by way of repayment of, or interest on, a loan made by him under this section shall be paid into the National Loans Fund.
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The Secretary of State shall, in respect of each financial year, prepare in such form and manner as the Treasury may direct an account of sums issued to him under subsection (2) of this section and of any sums to be paid into the National Loans Fund under subsection (3) of this section, and of the disposal by him of those sums repectively, and send it to the Comptroller and Auditor General not later than the end of November in the following financial year; and the Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it, together with his report, before each House of Parliament.
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F1114 Accounts of companies to be laid before Parliament. C1
As soon as practicable after either of the companies—
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if it is a private company, has sent to members copies of accounts in accordance with section 238 of the Companies Act 1985, or
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if it is a public company, has laid accounts before the company in general meeting in accordance with section 241 of that Act,
the Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of those accounts and of any documents annexed or attached to them.
15 Powers for Authority to provide services and facilities for the companies.
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The Authority shall have power, at the request of either of the companies, to provide for that company any service or facility which the Authority would have power to provide for the purposes of the Authority’s own undertaking.
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Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Authority, with the consent of the Secretary of State and of the Treasury, may enter into an agreement with either of the companies whereby the Authority undertake that, if the company incurs any liability of a description specified in the agreement, the Authority will indemnify the company in respect of that liability.
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The terms of any agreement made with either of the companies under subsection (2) of this section shall be such as may, with the consent of the Secretary of State and of the Treasury, be agreed between the Authority and that company.