SCHEDULE 3U.K.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Schs. 2, 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and except as specified does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Part IIU.K. Scotland

6U.K.After section 37 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section:—

37A Other borrowing powers of development corporations.

(1)Subject to section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965, a development corporation may borrow temporarily, by way of overdraft or otherwise, either—

(a)in sterling from the Secretary of State, or

(b)with the consent of the Secretary of State and the approval of the Treasury, or in accordance with any general authority given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury, in any currencey from any other person,

such sums as the development corporation may require for meeting their obligations or performing their functions.

(2)With the consent of the Secretary of State and the approval of the Treasury, a development corporation may, subject to section 43 of the New Towns Act 1965, borrow, otherwise than by way of temporary loan,—

(a)in any currency from the Commission of the European Communities or from the European Investment Bank, or

(b)in any currency other than sterling from any person, other than the Secretary of State and the bodies mentioned in the preceding paragraph,

such sums as they may require for enabling them to meet expenditure properly chargeable to capital account (including the provision of working capital), or to make good to revenue account sums applied in meeting liabilities so chargeable.