The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 1428

International Development

The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2020

Made

30th November 2020

Coming into force

1st December 2020

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

The African 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 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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs(2) makes the following Order:

(2)

The draft version of this Order laid before and approved by the House of Commons referred to the Secretary of State for International Development. Following the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 2 September 2020, the functions of the Secretary of State for International Development transferred to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. See S.I. 2020/942.