Bank of England Act 1998 (c. 11)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Cash ratio deposits

Benchmark rate of interest U.K.

[F1 7 (1) The benchmark rate of interest for the purposes of paragraph 6(3) is the Bank rate. U.K.

(2) In this paragraph, “Bank rate” means—

(a) the official Bank rate determined by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank, or

(b) where an order under section 19 of this Act is in force, any equivalent rate determined by the Treasury under that section.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 7 substituted (3.6.2013) by The Bank of England (Call Notice) (Benchmark Rate of Interest) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/721), arts. 1, 2