Section 12 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) (inserted by section 2 of the Agricultural Credit Act, 1982) of the following subsection:
"(1) The Corporation may (subject to such conditions or limitations on amounts as the Minister, after consultation with the Central Bank, may determine) raise or borrow money (including money in a currency other than the currency of the State) in any manner it thinks fit:
Provided that the amount of money raised or borrowed and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed £1,000,000,000.".