Whereas-

(1) by virtue of a provision contained in a scheme made under section 1(1)(a) of the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Act 1984 property has been transferred to Royal Ordnance public limited company (hereinafter referred to as "the company") being property which was immediately before the transfer appropriated as an asset of the fund (hereinafter referred to as "the fund") established by the Royal Ordnance Factories Trading Fund Order 1974;

(2) shares have been issued by the company in consideration of that transfer by virtue of a provision contained in the scheme under section 1(2) of that Act;

(3) the value of the liabilities which subsist in respect of public dividend capital designated in respect of the fund under section 2(2) of the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 and ranking as an asset of the Consolidated Fund does not exceed the nominal value of the shares so issued;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 10(2) of the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Act 1984 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-