(1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, give a UK Green Investment Bank company financial assistance at any time when the Crown holds shares in it or another UK Green Investment Bank company.

(2) The financial assistance may be given in any form that the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, considers appropriate.

(3) It may in particular be given by way of -

(a) grants,

(b) loans,

(c) guarantees,

(d) the purchase of share capital of the company, or

(e) the transfer of assets or rights to the company.

(4) The financial assistance may be provided subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, considers appropriate (including, in the case of a grant or a loan, conditions requiring repayment or, in the case of a guarantee, conditions requiring reimbursement of any sums paid under it).

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