Part II Amendments of Law with respect to Insurance Companies
Penalties and legal Proceedings
86 Penalty on industrial assurance company for noncompliance with enactments relating to industrial assurance.
1
An industrial assurance company (within the meaning of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923) which, after the passing of this Act,—
a
contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of the M1Industrial Assurance Act 1923, the M2Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 or Part VI of the M3Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, of regulations made for the purposes of section 8 of the said Act of 1948 or of regulations made under section 57 of the said Act of 1951;
b
contravenes or fails to comply with any directions given under the M4Industrial Assurance Act 1923 by the Industrial Assurance Commissioner;
c
contravenes the proviso to section 1(1) of the M5Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1929 (which proviso limits the sums which may be insured or paid for funeral expenses);
d
fails to comply with a claim made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 3 (rights of owners of certain endowment policies) of the last-mentioned Act; or
e
issues such a premium receipt book as is mentioned in subsection (3) of the last-mentioned section which does not comply with the provisions of that subsection;
shall, subject to the next following subsection, be guilty of an offence.
2
Such a company shall not be guilty of an offence under this section consisting in its insuring in contravention of subsection (2) of section 2 of the M6Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1948 (power to insure life of parent or grandparent for not more than £30) if it is proved that, owing to any false representation on the part of the proposer, the company did not know that the insurance was in contravention of that sub-section.
3
A company guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £200.
4
So far as regards section 3(1) of the M7Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act 1929, this section shall not prejudice any liability of a company subsisting otherwise than by virtue of this section.