Subject to subsection (2) below, all sums received by the Director of Savings as investment deposits with the National Savings Bank shall from time to time be paid by him into the National Loans Fund in accordance with directions given by the Treasury; and the sums required for repaying, or paying interest on, investment deposits with the Bank shall be charged on that Fund with recourse to the Consolidated Fund.

There may be retained by the Director of Savings out of the sums received by him as mentioned in subsection (1) above such amounts as may be required by him as a working balance; and there shall be paid to him from time to time out of the National Loans Fund (or, as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund) the sums required for repaying, or paying interest on, investment deposits or for increasing his working balance.

The amounts to be retained by or paid to the Director of Savings under subsection (2) above shall be determined by agreement between him and the Treasury.

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The expenses of the Director of Savings in connection with investment deposits shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

Sections 21 to 23 of the M1National Savings Bank Act 1971 and so much of section 25 of that Act as relates to investment deposits shall cease to have effect; and Schedule 19 to this Act shall have effect as respects the transition from those provisions to the foregoing provisions of this section.

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Subsections (1) to (7) above have effect from 1st January 1981 F4....

This section and Schedule 19 to this Act shall be construed as one with the said Act of 1971.