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The Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 1994

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General investigations

23.  After section 43 of the 1982 Act insert—

General investigations.

43A.(1) The Secretary of State may appoint one or more competent persons ton make an investigation into and report to the Secretary of State on—

(a)whether the criteria of sound and prudent management are fulfilled with respect to any insurance company which is a UK or non-EC company ; or

(b)where a person has notified the Secretary of State under section 60 or 61 below of his intention to become a controller of any such company, whether those criteria would be so fulfilled if that person became such a controller;

and the Secretary of State shall give written notice of any such appointment to the company.

(2) It shall be the duty of every person who is or was a director, manager, controller, agent, actuary, auditor or solicitor of a company which is under investigation—

(a)to produce to the persons appointed under subsection (1) above, within such time and at such place as they may require, all documents relating to the company which are in his custody or power;

(b)to attend before the persons so appointed at such time and place as they may require; and

(c)otherwise to give those persons all assistance in connection with the investigation which he is reasonably able to give;

and those persons may take copies of or extracts from any documents produced to them under paragraph (a) above.

(3) For the purpose of exercising his powers under this section a person appointed under subsection (1) above may enter any premises occupied by a company which is being investigated by him under this section; but he shall not do so without prior notice in writing unless he has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were given any documents whose production could be required would be removed, tampered with or destroyed.

(4) A person exercising powers by virtue of an appointment under this section shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority.

(5) A statement made by a person in compliance with a requirement imposed by virtue of this section may be used in evidence against him.

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