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Version date: 1 May 2003 - onwards
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6. Substitution of section 6 of the Principal Act.

The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 6 (as substituted by section 5 of the Central Bank Act 1998):

"6. Bank to perform functions of European System of Central Banks.

(1) The Bank shall perform all functions imposed, and exercise all powers conferred, on the Bank by or under the Rome Treaty or the ESCB Statute.

(2) This section is subject to section 19A.

(3) Section 9 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 does not apply to the Bank.".