PART III SPECIFIED INVESTMENTS

Government and public securities78

1

Subject to paragraph (2), loan stock, bonds and other instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness, issued by or on behalf of any of the following—

a

the government of the United Kingdom;

b

the Scottish Administration;

c

the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

d

the National Assembly for Wales;

e

the government of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

f

a local authority in the United Kingdom or elsewhere; or

g

a body the members of which comprise—

i

states including the United Kingdom or another EEA State; or

ii

bodies whose members comprise states including the United Kingdom or another EEA State.

2

F1Subject to paragraph (3), there are excluded from paragraph (1)—

a

so far as applicable, the instruments mentioned in article 77(2)(a) to (d);

b

any instrument creating or acknowledging indebtedness in respect of—

i

money received by the Director of Savings as deposits or otherwise in connection with the business of the National Savings Bank;

ii

money raised under the National Loans Act 1968 M1 under the auspices of the Director of Savings or treated as so raised by virtue of section 11(3) of the National Debt Act 1972 M2.

F23

Paragraph (2)(a) does not exclude an instrument which meets the requirements set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of article 77A(2).