- amount repayable
includes— (a) in relation to a money value certificate, any part of the purchase price of that certificate which is repayable separately from the remainder under the relevant prospectus, and any interest or bonus or other amount which has accrued in relation to that certificate or that part of the purchase price which is to be repaid;
- approved
means approved by the Director of Savings;
- approved account
means—
- bond
means a premium savings bond issued by the Treasury through the department of the Postmaster General or under the auspices of the Director of Savings, for the purpose of raising money under section 1 of the National Loans Act 1939 or section 12 of the National Loans Act 1968;
- capital value
means— (a) in relation to stock— (a) the nominal value of that stock, plus (b) any interest or other amount that has accrued in relation to that stock which has been added to its value in accordance with the terms and conditions applying to it;
- cash payment advice
means, in relation to a withdrawal to be made by payment in cash, an advice in writing in the approved form setting out the amount to be withdrawn, the savings bank office at which the payment is to be made, the name of the payee and any evidence required by the Director of Savings under regulation 78 (evidence of identity);
- certificate
means a certificate issued under the name of a war savings certificate or a national savings certificate by the Treasury through the department of the Postmaster General or under the auspices of the Director of Savings for the purpose of raising money authorised to be raised by any Act;
- charitable society
means a penny savings bank, or a charitable or provident institution or society, and includes a charitable donation or bequest for the maintenance, education, or benefit of the poor;
- deposit
means a deposit in the National Savings Bank, including part of a deposit as the context requires;
- depositor
means a person in whose name deposits have been made in the National Savings Bank;
- dividend
means a payment of interest that has accrued in relation to stock;
- electronic transfer
means transferring money by electronic or automated processes, which do not involve the delivery or collection of a payable instrument or the delivery of cash, to a bank or building society account to which payment is capable of being made by those processes;
- eligible person
means a person who—
- fixed interest stock
means stock issued with a term, other than— (a) stock issued under the name of a Capital Bond;
- Fixed Rate Savings Bond
means stock issued under the name of a Fixed Rate Savings Bond;
- friendly society
means a friendly society (or a branch of that society) registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and a reference to an incorporated friendly society means a society incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992;
- index-linked certificate
means a certificate issued under the name of an index-linked national savings certificate;
- money value certificate
means a certificate of a money value series;
- money value series
means a series of certificates issued under a prospectus which permits certificates to be issued for amounts which are neither a unit nor a multiple of a unit, and “money value certificate” means a certificate of a money value series;
- multiple bond
means a bond representing a number of bond units and entitling the holder to receive the aggregate amount of the amounts repayable in relation to that number of bond units;
- multiple certificate
means a certificate representing more than one unit certificate;
- National Savings Income Bond
means a Treasury security issued under the name of an Income Bond pursuant to an application to purchase received by the Director of Savings after 1st October 1984. • “new stock” means— (a) fixed interest stock issued after 19th September 2012;
- new certificate
means— (a) a certificate purchased after 22nd July 2023;
- new stock
means— (a) fixed interest stock issued after 19th September 2012;
- nomination
means a nomination— directing that, on death, the nominator’s interest devolve on one or more persons (the “nominee” or “nominees”) according to the manner specified in the nomination.
- person who lacks capacity
means a person who lacks capacity within the meaning given by (or in) the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
- relevant application
means an application for payment of the whole or any part of the amount repayable in respect of a rolled-over certificate or a certificate purchased after 19th September 2012, except— (a) an application made in the event of the death of the sole holder of the certificate;
- relevant election
means an election, made in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Fixed Rate Savings Bond, either— (a) to receive dividends;
- relevant information
means information about investment opportunities, services or facilities available from or through the Director of Savings, including information about—
- rolled-over certificate
means a certificate purchased before 20th September 2012 for which— (a) a term was current on 19th September 2012;
- savings bank
means the National Savings Bank or a trustee savings bank;
- savings bank business
means the receipt and repayment of deposits in the National Savings Bank and business incidental to such receipt and repayment;
- savings bank office
means a place at which savings bank business is transacted;
- stock
means stock or securities registered in the register;
- term
means— (a) in relation to stock, a specified period for which a rate of interest has been fixed for that stock;
- the 1971 Act
means the National Savings Bank Act 1971;
- the Commissioners
means the National Debt Commissioners;
- Treasury security
means a security issued by the Treasury under the auspices of the Director of Savings for the purpose of raising money under the National Loans Act 1968;
- Treasury Solicitor
means the Solicitor for the affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury;
- unit
means— (a) in relation to bonds of a series, the unit in which bonds of that series are denominated;
- unit certificate
means— (a) a certificate of a unit series issued on payment of the minimum amount for which a certificate of that description could be purchased;
- unit series
means a series of certificates which is not a money value series;
- variable interest stock
means stock issued without a term.
- will
includes a codicil.