Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1768
International Development
The Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011
Made
12th July 2011
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 Inter-American 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 International Development makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011 and comes 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 Inter-American Development Bank dated 8th April 1959, as ratified by the Government on 9th July 1976( 2 );
“the Bank” means the Inter-American Development Bank established by the Agreement;
“the Fund” means the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank established by the Agreement;
“the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom; and
“the Resolution” means a resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank that is materially identical to the proposed resolution titled “Increase in the Resources of the Fund for Special Operations and Contributions Thereto” annexed to the Bank’s Report on the Ninth General Capital Increase in the resources of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Relevant Payments
3. The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government—
(a) make payment of a further contribution to the Fund not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of 9,287,455 United States Dollars in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Bank in accordance with the Resolutions; and
(b) 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 the Secretary of State and accepted by the Bank pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a),
in accordance with section 11 of the International Development Act 2002.
Andrew Mitchell
Secretary of State
Department for International Development
12 July 2011
We approve,
Angela Watkinson
James Duddridge
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th July 2011
Cmnd 7792; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.