Welsh Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3731 (W.308)

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

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(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[4];";

(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[5] 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".

Saving provision
     3. 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.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[6]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

20th November 2001

[2] See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[3] S.I. 1990/426; a relevant amendment was made by S.I. 1995/1982.back

[4] The definition of deposit-taker was inserted into section 43 by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3649).back

[5] S.I. 2001/544.back

[6] 1998 c.38.back