Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

51 Treasury directions as respects Northern Ireland securities

(1) The Treasury may, on the application of the Department of Finance and Personnel, as respects any securities to which this section applies, direct that the securities specified in the direction shall be issued, or shall be deemed to have been issued, subject to the condition that the interest thereon shall be paid without deduction of income tax; and in relation to any securities so specified and the interest thereon, section 50 shall have effect as if—

(a) the securities were securities in respect of which a direction had been given by the Treasury under subsection (1) of that section;

(b) references in that section to “the Bank” were (notwithstanding subsection (7) of that section) references to the bank in the books of which the securities are registered or inscribed; and

(c) the references in subsections (4) and (5) of that section to the Treasury were references to the Department of Finance and Personnel.

(2) The securities to which this section applies are securities issued under section 11(1)(c) of the [1950 c. 3 (N.I.)] Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 for money borrowed by the Department of Finance and Personnel for the purposes of making issues from the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland.