Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1980 c. 63
(1) The Secretary of State shall have power, for the purpose of promoting the development or maintaining the economy of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, or the welfare of its people, to furnish any person or body with assistance, whether financial, technical or of any other nature.(2) Any such assistance may be provided on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as the Secretary of State may determine.(3) In particular any such assistance, other than financial assistance, may be provided free of charge or on such terms as to payment as the Secretary of State may determine, and financial assistance may be provided by way of grant or, subject to subsection (4) below, loan, or partly in the one way and partly in the other.(4) No assistance shall be provided by way of loan except on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as may be approved by the Treasury.(5) For the purpose of enabling him to furnish technical assistance under this section, the Secretary of State may undertake, or promote the undertaking of, such research in the fields of economic development, administration and social services as appears to him appropriate.(6) Any expenses incurred by virtue of this section by the Secretary of State shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.(7) Any sums received by the Secretary of State by way of payment of interest on, or repayment of, a loan made under the powers conferred by this section or by way of payment for any assistance under this section, other than financial assistance, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.any reference to technical assistance is a reference to assistance in the fields of economic development, administration and social services, consisting in the making available of the services of any body or person, training facilities, the supply of material, or the results of research undertaken in any such fields; andany reference to a body or person, in relation to a country or territory, includes a reference to the Government of that country or territory.(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .each of the bodies specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have power to enter into and carry out agreements with the Minister responsible for overseas development under which the body are to act, at the expense of that Minister, as the instrument by means of which technical assistance is furnished by the Minister under section 1(1) above;each of the bodies specified in Part II of that Schedule (all of which are constituted under the each of the bodies specified in Part IV of that Schedule (all of which are constituted under the (2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) above may only be exercised by a body by the British Tourist Authority;by the English Tourist Board;by the Scottish Tourist Board; orby the Wales Tourist Board,in relation to the exercise of that power by the Sea Fish Industry Authority, the consent of the Ministers as defined in section 14(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981;in relation to any other exercise of that power, the consent of the Secretary of State; andin relation to any exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) (b) and (c) above, the consent of the Secretary of State and the Minister responsible for overseas development.(4) Before giving consent in relation to any technical assistance proposed to be furnished by the F6British Coal Corporation, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State and the Minister responsible for overseas development shall take into account any alternative resources in the United Kingdom which may be available in that behalf.(5) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (6) of section 11 of the Coal Industry Act 1977 (which relates to the overseas activities of the National Coal Board) :—
  • “(6) Subsection (4) above shall not apply to anything done with consent given under section 2(2) of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (powers of statutory bodies in relation to furnishing assistance to, or for the benefit of, overseas countries) .
Subsection (4) above shall not apply to anything done with consent given under section 2(2) of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (powers of statutory bodies in relation to furnishing assistance to, or for the benefit of, overseas countries) .(6) In this section “the Minister responsible for overseas development” means the Secretary of State for the time being discharging the functions conferred by section 1 above.

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