Borrowing Powers of Certain Bodies Act, 1996

Calculation of borrowing limits and guarantees.

7.—(1) In calculating either or both the borrowings and guarantees of any body which are subject to a limit imposed by or under statute, the capital value of any transaction to which section 3 relates, including the capital value of any such transaction or any part of any such transaction in a currency other than the currency of the State, shall be counted as part of either or both the borrowings and guarantees of that body, as the case may be.

(2) For the purposes of any calculation to which subsection (1) relates, the equivalent in the currency of the State of the amount of any borrowings in a currency other than the currency of the State shall be calculated at the appropriate rate of exchange prevailing—

(a) in the case of any such borrowings, at the time of the borrowing, and

(b) in the case of any guarantee, at the time of the giving of that guarantee.