In section 2 of the [1979 c. 29.] International Monetary Fund Act 1979 (loans to IMF up to a specified limit, which may be increased by order), for subsection (1) (which specifies a limit of £357,142,857) there is substituted—
“(1)The Treasury may make loans to the International Monetary Fund in accordance with the Fund's borrowing arrangements; but the aggregate amount outstanding in respect of the principal of loans under this section shall not exceed 1,700 million special drawing rights.
(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a loan under this section, or repayment of such a loan, in any currency shall be treated as a loan or, as the case may be, repayment of the amount of special drawing rights which for the purposes of those arrangements is the value of the loan or repayment.”.