S.I. No. 170/1985:

SAVING CERTIFICATES (FOURTH ISSUE EXTENSION) RULES, 1985.

SAVING CERTIFICATES (FOURTH ISSUE EXTENSION) RULES, 1985.

I, ALAN M. DUKES, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 30 (2) of the Finance Act, 1940 (No. 14 of 1940), hereby make the following rules:

1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Savings Certificates (Fourth Issue Extension) Rules, 1985.

(2) The Savings Certificates (Fourth Issue Extension) Rules, 1957 to 1982, and these Rules may be cited together as the Savings Certificates (Fourth Issue Extension) Rules, 1957 to 1985.

2. In these Rules--

"the fourth issue" means the issue of savings certificates introduced on the 25th day of July, 1946, and discontinued on the 26th day of April, 1952;

"relevant date" means, in relation to a savings certificate, the thirty-ninth anniversary of the date marked thereon as the date of issue thereof;

"unit certificate" means a savings certificate of the fourth issue, the purchase price of which was eighty pence.

3. A savings certificate of the fourth issue may be held for a period not exceeding one year from the relevant date.

4. The amount repayable at any time in respect of a savings certificate of the fourth issue which is held under these Rules shall be--

( a ) in the case of a unit certificate--

( b ) in any other case, in a proportionate manner.

5. Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Savings Certificates Rules, 1926, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to a savings certificate which is held under these Rules.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of June, 1985.

ALAN M. DUKES

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument prescribes the rules governing the seventh extension of the Fourth Issue of Savings Certificates.