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(1)The Secretary of State may from time to time by order extinguish the liability of the Bus Company in respect of the principal of, and any outstanding interest on, all or any sums lent to the Company by the Secretary of State under section 20 of the 1962 Act.
(2)The Secretary of State may from time to time give directions to the Company requiring the Company to make to him, out of the net proceeds of any disposals made in pursuance of the Company’s disposal programme, payments of such amounts, at such times and by such methods, as may be specified in the directions.
(3)Such payments shall, if and to the extent that the Secretary of State so directs, be applied in repayment of any sums lent to the Company as mentioned in subsection (1) above or in payment of any interest outstanding on any such sums.
(4)Sums received under subsection (2) above which are applied as mentioned in subsection (3) above shall be treated—
(a)for the purposes of section 20(5) of the 1962 Act as received under section 20(2); and
(b)for the purposes of section 44(1) of the 1968 Act (account by Secretary of State of receipt and disposal of certain sums) as received by way of interest on, or the repayment of, a loan to the Company under section 20(1).
(5)Sums received under subsection (2) above which are not so applied shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(6)Any agreement or arrangements entered into by the Company or any subsidiary of theirs in connection with any disposal made in pursuance of the disposal programme may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, include provision—
(a)for the maintenance to any extent of any concession, benefit or privilege enjoyed by—
(i)any person who is or has been employed by the Company (or any subsidiary of theirs); or
(ii)a member of such a person’s family; or
(b)for the making of any payment or the provision of any other concession, benefit or privilege in compensation for the loss, reduction or limitation of that concession, benefit or privilege;
and the Company may make payments to any person in pursuance of or for the purpose of securing any such provision.
(7)Without prejudice to the generality of section 47(1)(c) of this Act, the arrangements there mentioned may include provision for the making by the Company of payments in compensation for any loss, reduction or limitation of any such concession, benefit or privilege as is mentioned in subsection (6) above to the extent that provision in respect of the loss, reduction or limitation is not made by virtue of that subsection.
(8)The power of the Secretary of State to make an order under subsection (1) above shall be subject to the approval of the Treasury and any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament.
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