The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/426
• Sections: 39

Section 1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2) In these Regulations, —

“authorised institution” has the same meaning as in the Banking Act 1987 ;

“bill of exchange” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 ;

“gilt-edged securities” means any securities specified by an order under paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Capital Gains Tax Ac t 1979 and the securities specified in Part II of that Schedule;

“The Stock Exchange” means The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited;

“Treasury bills” means Treasury bills within the meaning of the Treasury Bills Act 1877

Section 2

Subject to regulation 3, the following investments are approved for the purposes of Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (revenue accounts and capital finance of local authorities) —

(a) any investment which was made by a local authority on or before 21st December 1989 and which is of such a description that, for the purposes of Part VIII of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 , if the investment had been made on that date, any expenditure on the making of that investment would not have been prescribed expenditure or the amount of prescribed expenditure which the authority would be taken to have paid on making the investment would have been nil;

(b) any deposit made with an authorised institution or the Bank of England, or any certificate of such a deposit, and, for this purpose, “deposit” has the same meaning as in the Banking Act 1987 except that no account is to be taken of the reference to a local authority in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to that Act;

(c) any deposit made with or shares in a building society, or any certificate of such a deposit, and, for this purpose, “deposit”, “share” and “building society” have the meaning given by section 119 of the Building Societies Act 1986 ;

(d) any bill of exchange which has been accepted by an authorised institution;

(e) Treasury bills;

(f) gilt-edged securities;

(g) securities admitted to the Official List of The Stock Exchange and issued by a body mentioned in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(h) securities which are admitted to the Official List of The Stock Exchange and in respect of which all repayments of principal and payments of interest are guaranteed by Her Majesty’s Government; and

(i) any advance made to, or a loan instrument issued by or to, a person or body mentioned in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 3

Any investment mentioned in regulation 2 shall be approved for the purposes of Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in relation to the local authority making the investment only if —

(a) the investment is denominated in sterling and any payments or repayments in respect of the investment are payable only in sterling;

(b) in the case of the investments mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) and (i) of regulation 2, other than deposits made with the Bank of England or certificates of such deposits, the authority may require the investment to be repaid or redeemed —

(i) without notice by the authority;

(ii) at less than twelve months' notice by the authority; or

(iii) within twelve months of the date on which the investment was made; and

(c) any consideration received by the authority in respect of the investment is wholly in money paid to the authority.

Section 1

The European Atomic Energy Community.

Section 1

County councils.

Section 2

The European Coal and Steel Community.

Section 2

District councils in England and Wales.

Section 3

The European Economic Community.

Section 3

London borough councils.

Section 4

The European Investment Bank.

Section 4

The Common Council of the City of London.

Section 5

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Section 5

The Council of the Isles of Scilly.

Section 6

The International Finance Corporation.

Section 6

A joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985 (police, fire services, civil defence and transport).

Section 7

The International Monetary Fund.

Section 7

A combined police authority established by an amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1964 .

Section 8

The African Development Bank.

Section 8

The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.

Section 9

The Asian Development Bank.

Section 9

The sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple.

Section 10

The Caribbean Development Bank.

Section 10

The under-treasurer of the Middle Temple.

Section 11

The Inter-American Development Bank.

Section 11

Parish and community councils.

Section 12

The Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation PLC.

Section 12

The chairman of a parish meeting.

Section 13

Charter trustees.

Section 14

A levying body within the meaning of section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, other than a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985.

Section 15

A body with power to issue a special levy or special levies by virtue of regulations made under section 75 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 .

Section 16

Regional, islands or district councils in Scotland.

Section 17

A joint board within the meaning of section 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 .

Section 18

The British Coal Corporation.

Section 19

The British Railways Board.

Section 20

The British Waterways Board.

Section 21

The Civil Aviation Authority.

Section 22

London Regional Transport.

Section 23

The Post Office.

Section 24

The Commonwealth Development Corporation.