S.I. No. 270/1984 - Savings Certificates (Ninth Issue Extension) Rules, 1984.

S.I. No. 270 of 1984.

SAVINGS CERTIFICATES (NINTH ISSUE EXTENSION) RULES, 1984.

I, ALAN M. DUKES, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 30 (2) of the Finance Act, 1940 (No. 14 of 1940), hereby make the following rules:

1. These rules may be cited as the Savings Certificates (Ninth Issue Extension) Rules, 1984.

2. In these Rules—

"the ninth issue" means the issue of savings certificates introduced on the 5th day of November, 1973:

"relevant date" means, in relation to a savings certificate, the eleventh anniversary of the date marked thereon as the date of issue thereof:

"unit certificate" means a savings certificate of the ninth issue the purchase price of which was one pound.

3. A savings certificate of the ninth issue may be held for a period not exceeding two years from the relevant date.

4. The amount repayable at any time in respect of a savings certificate of the ninth issue which is held under these Rules shall be—

( a ) in the case of a unit certificate—

		£
(i)	if it is held for less than six months from the relevant date	2.56
(ii)	if it is held for six months or more and less than one year from such date	2.68
(iii)	if it is held for one year or more and less than one and one half years from such date	2.82
(iv)	if it is held for one and one half years or more and less than two years from such date	2.95
(v)	if it is held for two years from such date	3.10

(b) in any other case, in a proportionate manner.

5. Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Savings Certificates Rules, 1926, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to a savings certificate which is held under these Rules.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 30th day of October, 1984.

ALAN M. DUKES,

Minister for Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument prescribes the rules governing the third extension of the Ninth Issue of Savings Certificates.