Finally, the emergency powers, passed by the Althing on the night of 6 October, contain a measure (Art. 8(a)) stating in regard of the "Tryggingarsjóður": "It shall always be permissible to reimburse the value of deposits, securities, or cash in Icelandic currency (ISK), even though the original transactions may have been in another currency." Fortunately for the value of the ISK, it has never been seriously suggested that the "Tryggingarsjóður" pay out more than ISK 600 billion to British and Dutch depositors, simply to see them try to sell those ISK on the open market.