
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Crown Agents (Additional Powers) Order 1990 and shall come into force forthwith.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
 “the Act” means the Crown Agents Act 1979;
 “the Crown Agents” means the body corporate established by the Act;
 “person” means any person (including any body of persons corporate or unincor-porate) other than a scheduled authority or body.
2 
Subject to article 3 below, the Crown Agents shall have power to carry on in their own right anywhere in the world any of the following activities:
(1) Providing to any person any of the following services–
(a) Services mentioned in section 5(2) paragraphs (a) to (j) inclusive of the Act;
(b) Acting as a registrar, and performing related functions, for the purpose of any loan raised by any person;
(c) Procuring movable property of any kind being property required by any person and selling such property to any such person who requires it;
(d) Assembling, installing, commissioning or maintaining any of the equipment procured and sold in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c);
(e) Providing credit on commercial terms in connection with the sale of any movable property in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c).
(2) 
(a) Procuring movable property of any kind, being property for which the Crown Agents anticipate a demand on the part of any person and selling any such property to any such person or to any other person or to a scheduled authority or body;
(b) Providing credit on commercial terms in connection with the sale of any movable property in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a).
3 
The exercise of powers granted under articles 2(1)(c), (d) and (e) and 2(2)(a) and (b) of this Order shall be conditional upon the consent of the Secretary of State.
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
12th November 1990