The Local Authorities (Approved Investments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

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1Name, commencement and application#

(1)The name of these Regulations is the Local Authorities (Approved Investments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and they shall come into force on 1st December 2001.

(2)These Regulations apply to Wales only.

2Amendment of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990#

(1)The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990 (“the 1990 Regulations”) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In regulation 1 (interpretation) —

(a)the definition of “authorised institution” shall be omitted;

(b)after the definition of “bill of exchange” there shall be inserted the following definition —“• “deposit-taker” has the same meaning as in section 43 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;”

(c)in the definition of “relevant lender”, for the words “an authorised institution or a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “a deposit-taker”.

(3)In regulation 2 (approved investments) —

(a)for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —“b any deposit made with a deposit-taker (other than a deposit-taker falling within sub-paragraph (c)) or the Bank of England, or any certificate of such a deposit, and, for this purpose, “deposit” has the same meaning as in article 5 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 except that no account is to be taken of the reference to a local authority in article 6(1)(a)(viii) of that Order;”

(b)In paragraph (d) for the words “an authorised institution” there shall be substituted the words “a deposit-taker”.

3Saving provision#

Any investment made by a local authority on or before 30th November 2001 which was, on that date, approved for the purposes of Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (revenue accounts and capital finance of local authorities) by virtue of regulation 2 of the 1990 Regulations shall continue to be approved for the purposes of Part IV notwithstanding the amendments to the 1990 Regulations made by these Regulations.

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The Local Authorities (Approved Investments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

1Name, commencement and application#

2Amendment of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990#

3Saving provision#

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1Name, commencement and application#

2Amendment of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990#

3Saving provision#