The Asian Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2010

Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 285

International Development

The Asian Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2010

Made

21st January 2010

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the International Development Act 2002 (“the Act”)(1).

Section 11 of the Act provides that where the Government of the United Kingdom becomes bound to make a relevant payment to a multilateral development bank, the Secretary of State may make the relevant payment and other associated payments specified in section 11(3).

“Relevant payment” in relation to such a bank includes a further payment to the bank required to be made by its members under any arrangements beyond the initial subscription or other initial contribution to the capital stock of the bank. The Asian Development Bank referred to in this Order comes within the definition, in section 11(2) of the Act, of a ‘multilateral development bank’.

In accordance with section 11(4) of the Act, this Order is made by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury. In accordance with section 11(5) of the Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before the House of Commons and approved by resolution of that House.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for International Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Asian Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2010 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank dated 4th December 1965 and ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 26th September 1966 (2);

“the Bank” means the Asian Development Bank established by the Agreement;

“the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom; and

“the Resolution” means Resolution No. 336 of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank entitled “‘Increase in Authorised Capital Stock and Subscriptions Thereto”, adopted by the Board of Directors on 29^th April 2009.

Relevant Payments

3.  The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government—

(a) make payment of a further subscription to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank of sums not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of 69,739,093.50 United States dollars pursuant to arrangements made between the Government and the Bank in accordance with the terms of the Resolution;

(b) make payment of sums required to maintain the value of the payment mentioned in paragraph (a) above in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 25 of the Agreement and with arrangements made between the Government and the Bank; and

(c) make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by him and accepted by the Bank pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a),

in accordance with section 11 of the International Development Act 2002.

Douglas. Alexander

Secretary of State

Department for International Development

21st January 2010

We approve,

Frank Roy

Tony Cunningham

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

21st January 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves the payment to the Asian Development Bank of a subscription not exceeding the equivalent of 69,739,093.50 United States dollars to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank pursuant to arrangements made with the Bank in accordance with Resolution No. 336 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 29^th April 2009. The Order further provides that the Secretary of State may make payments to maintain the value of the subscription to the increased authorised capital stock. It also provides that the Secretary of State may make payments to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State in payment of this subscription.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

The provisions of the Resolution mentioned in this Order may be obtained by application to the Department for International Development, 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE.

(1)

2002 c. 1.

(2)

)Cmnd. 3762. This command paper is available from the Stationery office.