(1) A credit union may not invest any part of its surplus funds except in a manner authorised by an order made by the Treasury; and such an order may contain provisions authorising the application of the funds of a credit union in any form of investment subject to any limitations as to amount, whether by reference to a fixed sum or by reference to a proportion of the total investments of the credit union or otherwise.
(2) Any surplus funds of a credit union which are not either -
(a) invested in accordance with subsection (1) above, or
(b) kept in cash in the custody of officers of the credit union,
shall be kept by the credit union on current account with, or otherwise on loan to, an authorised bank.
(3) Where an institution ceases to be an authorised bank and any funds of a credit union are on loan to that institution, the credit union shall take all practicable steps to call in and realise the loan within the period of three months from the time when the institution ceased to b