Industrial Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979

5.  In its application to a policy of which the sum assured or guaranteed has been increased under regulation 6 or 7 of the Industrial Assurance (Life Assurance Premium Relief) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 [SR 1978/131] ( “the 1978 Regulations”), paragraph 1 shall have effect subject to the following modifications:—N.I.

(a)For the purpose of calculating the amount assured by the free paid-up policy the sum assured by the surrendered policy shall be divided into the original sum assured and the increase in the sum assured, any addition to the sum assured by the surrendered policy by way of bonus on or after 6th April 1979 to be allocated proportionately between and to be treated as comprised in the original sum assured and the increase in the sum assured respectively.

(b)The amount assured by the free paid-up policy shall consist of the aggregate of proportions of the original sum assured and of the increase in the sum assured calculated as follows:—

(i)the proportion of the original sum assured shall be the same proportion as the amount of the original premiums actually paid bears to the amount of the original premiums which would have been payable under the surrendered policy had the full number of original premiums become payable thereunder;

(ii)the proportion of the increase in the sum assured shall be the same proportion as the amount of the increase in premiums actually paid bears to the amount of the increase in premiums which would have been payable under the surrendered policy had the full number of increases in premium become payable thereunder.