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# The National Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 266
FINANCIAL SERVICES
The National Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
9th March 2026
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2026
Coming into force
6th April 2026
The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the National Savings Bank Act 1971.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 6th April 2026.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

## 2 Amendment of the National Savings Regulations 2015 {#regulation-2}

(1) The National Savings Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 25 (deposits to individual savings accounts)—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “age of sixteen years” substitute “minimum age for opening that account in accordance with the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998”;
(b) omit paragraph (7).