National Debt Act 1972

15Interpretation etc.

(1)In this Act " government stock " means securities of the following descriptions:—

• 2½ % Consolidated Stock,

• 2¾ % Annuities,

• 2½ % Annuities,

• Guaranteed 2¾ % Stock,

• Guaranteed 3% Stock,

• 3½ % War Loan,

• Guaranteed 4½ % Bonds,

• Any securities issued under the [1919 c. 37.] War Loan Act 1919, the [1939 c. 117.] National Loans Act 1939, section 28 or 29 of the [1935 c. 24.] Finance Act 1935, section 24 of the [1936 c. 43.] Tithe Act 1936, section 1 of the [1946 c. 27.] Bank of England Act 1946, section 21 or 32 of the [1946 c. 59.] Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, section 1 of the [1946 c. 82.] Cable and Wireless Act 1946,

• Any such stock as is mentioned in section 26(1) of the [1967 c. 17.] Iron and Steel Act 1967,

• Any securities issued under the [1968 c. 13.] National Loans Act 1968 other than—

  (a)

  national savings certificates, premium savings bonds, national savings stamps and national savings gift tokens; and

  (b)

  such securities as the Treasury may specify by order for the purposes of this paragraph;

  and for the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the reference in this subsection to securities issued under the War Loan Act 1919 or the National Loans Act 1939 includes a reference to securities which, by virtue of any other enactment, are deemed to have been issued, or are required to be treated as having been issued, under either of those Acts.

(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) of section 38 of the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the construction of references to enactments which have been repealed and re-enacted), the definition of " government stock " provided by the foregoing subsection shall apply for the purposes of the following enactments, that is to say—

• section 48 of the [1915 c. 89.] Finance (No. 2) Act 1915,

• section 66 of the [1916 c. 24.] Finance Act 1916,

• section 48 of the [1949 c. 47.] Finance Act 1949,

• section 5 of the [1955 c. 6 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2).] Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955,

• section 71(5) of the [1963 c. 25.] Finance Act 1963,

and any other enactments (including enactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) which, by virtue of section 15(3) of the [1958 c. 6 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2).] National Debt Act 1958, define " government stock " by reference to that Act.

(3)In this Act " the register " has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of this Act and " trustee savings bank " has the same meaning as in the [1969 c. 50.] Trustee Savings Banks Act 1969.

(4)Any provision in this Act charging a payment on the National Loans Fund with recourse to the Consolidated Fund shall be construed as requiring the payment, if it is not made out of the National Loans Fund, to be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.