Maintenance of assets in the United Kingdom
21.—(1) For subsection (1) of section 39 of the 1982 Act (maintenance of assets in the United Kingdom) substitute—
“(1) The Secretary of State may require—
(a)in the case of a UK company, that assets of the company of a value which at any time is equal to the whole or a specified proportion of the amount of its EC liabilities shall be maintained in the European Community; and
(b)in the case of an insurance company which is not a UK company, that assets of a value which at any time is equal to the whole or a specified proportion of the amount of its domestic liabilities shall be maintained in the United Kingdom.”
(2) In subsection (2) of that section, for the words “as assets maintained in the United Kingdom” substitute—
“(a)in the case of a UK company, as assets maintained in the European Community; and
(b)in the case of an insurance company which is not a UK company, as assets maintained in the United Kingdom”.
(3) In subsection (3) of that section, for the words “domestic liabilities” substitute the words “EC or domestic liabilities”.
(4) For subsection (5) of that section substitute—
“(5) In this section—
(a)any reference to an EC liability is a reference to a liability of the business carried on by the company in the European Community; and
(b)any reference to a domestic liability is a reference to a liability of the business carried on by the company in the United Kingdom.”