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Sections 111(2) and 115.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 12 Pt. I (paras. 1-6) applied (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3626, arts. 1, 3(c)
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
2(1)A certificate under this paragraph is to be given—
(a)by the relevant authority; or
(b)in a case in which there is no relevant authority, by the Authority.
(2)A certificate given under sub-paragraph (1)(a) is one certifying that, taking the proposed transfer into account—
(a)the transferee possesses, or will possess before the scheme takes effect, the necessary margin of solvency; or
(b)there is no necessary margin of solvency applicable to the transferee.
(3)A certificate under sub-paragraph (1)(b) is one certifying that the Authority has received from the authority which it considers to be the authority responsible for supervising persons who effect or carry out contracts of insurance in the place to which the business is to be transferred that, taking the proposed transfer into account—
(a)the transferee possesses or will possess before the scheme takes effect the margin of solvency required under the law applicable in that place; or
(b)there is no such margin of solvency applicable to the transferee .
(4)“Necessary margin of solvency” means the margin of solvency required in relation to the transferee, taking the proposed transfer into account, under the law which it is the responsibility of the relevant authority to apply.
(5)“Margin of solvency” means the excess of the value of the assets of the transferee over the amount of its liabilities.
(6)“Relevant authority” means—
(a)if the transferee is an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3, its home state regulator;
(b)if the transferee is a Swiss general insurer, the authority responsible in Switzerland for supervising persons who effect or carry out contracts of insurance;
(c)if the transferee is an authorised person not falling within paragraph (a) or (b), the Authority.
(7)In sub-paragraph (6), any reference to a transferee of a particular description includes a reference to a transferee who will be of that description if the proposed scheme takes effect.
(8)“Swiss general insurer” means a body—
(a)whose head office is in Switzerland;
(b)which has permission to carry on regulated activities consisting of the effecting and carrying out of contracts of general insurance; and
(c)whose permission is not restricted to the effecting or carrying out of contracts of reinsurance.
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
3U.K.A certificate under this paragraph is one given by the Authority and certifying that the host State regulator has been notified of the proposed scheme and that—
(a)that regulator has responded to the notification; or
(b)that it has not responded but the period of three months beginning with the notification has elapsed.
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
4U.K.A certificate under this paragraph is one given by the Authority and certifying that the authority responsible for supervising persons who effect or carry out contracts of insurance in the State of the commitment has been notified of the proposed scheme and that—
(a)that authority has consented to the proposed scheme; or
(b)the period of three months beginning with the notification has elapsed and that authority has not refused its consent.
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
5U.K.A certificate under this paragraph is one given by the Authority and certifying that the authority responsible for supervising persons who effect or carry out contracts of insurance in the EEA State in which the risk is situated has been notified of the proposed scheme and that—
(a)that authority has consented to the proposed scheme; or
(b)the period of three months beginning with the notification has elapsed and that authority has not refused its consent.
Yn ddilys o 10/12/2007
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12 para. 5A and cross-heading inserted (10.12.2007) by The Reinsurance Directive Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3253), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(5)(f)
5A(1)The certificates under this paragraph are to be given—U.K.
(a)in the case of the certificate under sub-paragraph (2), by the Authority;
(b)in the case of the certificate under sub-paragraph (3), by the relevant authority.
(2)A certificate given under this sub-paragraph is one certifying that the relevant authority has been notified of the proposed scheme and that—
(a)the relevant authority has consented to the proposed scheme; or
(b)the period of three months beginning with the notification has elapsed and that relevant authority has not refused its consent.
(3)A certificate given under this sub-paragraph is one certifying that the law of the EEA State in which the transferee is set up permits such a transfer.
(4)“Relevant authority” means the competent authorities (within the meaning of the insurance directives) of the EEA State in which the transferee is set up.]
6(1)“State of the commitment”, in relation to a commitment entered into at any date, means—
(a)if the policyholder is an individual, the State in which he had his habitual residence at that date;
(b)if the policyholder is not an individual, the State in which the establishment of the policyholder to which the commitment relates was situated at that date.
(2)“Commitment” means a commitment represented by contracts of insurance of a prescribed class.
(3)References to the EEA State in which a risk is situated are—
(a)if the insurance relates to a building or to a building and its contents (so far as the contents are covered by the same policy), to the EEA State in which the building is situated;
(b)if the insurance relates to a vehicle of any type, to the EEA State of registration;
(c)in the case of policies of a duration of four months or less covering travel or holiday risks (whatever the class concerned), to the EEA State in which the policyholder took out the policy;
(d)in a case not covered by paragraphs (a) to (c)—
(i)if the policyholder is an individual, to the EEA State in which he has his habitual residence at the date when the contract is entered into; and
(ii)otherwise, to the EEA State in which the establishment of the policyholder to which the policy relates is situated at that date.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 Pt I para. 6 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; Sch. 12 Pt. I para. 6 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); Sch. 12 para. 6(2) in force at 25.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/516, art. 2(b), Sch. Pts. 1, 3; Sch. 12 Pt. I para. 6 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
7(1)For the purposes of section 111(2) the appropriate certificates, in relation to a banking business transfer scheme, are—U.K.
(a)a certificate under paragraph 8; and
(b)if sub-paragraph (2) applies, a certificate under paragraph 9.
(2)This sub-paragraph applies if the authorised person concerned or the transferee is an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3.
8(1)A certificate under this paragraph is one given by the relevant authority and certifying that, taking the proposed transfer into account, the transferee possesses, or will possess before the scheme takes effect, adequate financial resources.U.K.
(2)“Relevant authority” means—
(a)if the transferee is a person with a Part IV permission or with permission under Schedule 4, the Authority;
(b)if the transferee is an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3, its home state regulator;
(c)if the transferee does not fall within paragraph (a) or (b), the authority responsible for the supervision of the transferee’s business in the place in which the transferee has its head office.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2), any reference to a transferee of a particular description of person includes a reference to a transferee who will be of that description if the proposed banking business transfer scheme takes effect.
9U.K.A certificate under this paragraph is one given by the Authority and certifying that the home State regulator of the authorised person concerned or of the transferee has been notified of the proposed scheme and that—
(a)the home State regulator has responded to the notification; or
(b)the period of three months beginning with the notification has elapsed.
Yn ddilys o 12/03/2009
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 12 Pt. 2A inserted (12.3.2009) by Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008 (c. 31), ss. 15, 31(1)(2), Sch. 2 para. 5; S.I. 2009/490, art. 2 (with art. 3)
9AFor the purposes of section 111(2) the appropriate certificate, in relation to a reclaim fund business transfer scheme, is a certificate given by the Authority certifying that, taking the proposed transfer into account, the transferee possesses, or will possess before the scheme takes effect, adequate financial resources.]
Yn ddilys o 01/12/2001
10(1)This paragraph applies to a proposal to execute under provisions corresponding to Part VII in a country or territory other than the United Kingdom an instrument transferring all the rights and obligations of the transferor under general or long-term insurance policies, or under such descriptions of such policies as may be specified in the instrument, to the transferee if any of the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2), (3) or (4) is met in relation to it.
(2)The transferor is an EEA firm falling within paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 and the transferee is an authorised person whose margin of solvency is supervised by the Authority.
(3)The transferor is a company authorised in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom under Article 27 of the first life insurance directive, or Article 23 of the first non-life insurance directive and the transferee is a UK authorised person which has received authorisation under Article 6 of either of those directives.
(4)The transferor is a Swiss general insurer and the transferee is a UK authorised person which has received authorisation under Article 6 of the first life insurance directive or the first non-life insurance directive.
(5)In relation to a proposed transfer to which this paragraph applies, the Authority may, if it is satisfied that the transferee possesses the necessary margin of solvency, issue a certificate to that effect.
(6)“Necessary margin of solvency” means the margin of solvency which the transferee, taking the proposed transfer into account, is required by the Authority to maintain.
(7)“Swiss general insurer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.
(8)“General policy” means a policy evidencing a contract which, if it had been effected by the transferee, would have constituted the carrying on of a regulated activity consisting of the effecting of contracts of general insurance.
(9)“Long-term policy” means a policy evidencing a contract which, if it had been effected by the transferee, would have constituted the carrying on of a regulated activity consisting of the effecting of contracts of long-term insurance.
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