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Version date: 31 December 2023 - onwards
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61. Treasury power of direction

(1) Subsection (2) applies where -

(a) the power of direction is exercisable by virtue of section 60(2) by reference to a public funds notification and the Treasury are satisfied that Condition A is met, or

(b) the power of direction is exercisable by virtue of section 60(3) by reference to the provision of qualifying financial assistance and the Treasury are satisfied that Condition A or Condition B is met.

(2) The Treasury may give a direction to the Bank of England relating to one or more of the following -

(a) the provision by the Bank to one or more financial institutions of financial assistance other than ordinary market assistance offered by the Bank on its usual terms,

(b) the exercise by the Bank of any of the stabilisation powers, as defined by section 1(4) of the Banking Act 2009 or paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 11 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 or the making by the Bank of a mandatory reduction instrument within the meaning of section 6B of the Banking Act 2009, or