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Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed)
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60 Approval of proposed managing director or chief executive of insurance company.U.K.
(1)No insurance company to which this Part of this Act applies shall appoint a person as managing director or chief executive of the companies unless—
(a)the company has served on the Secretary of State a written notice stating that it proposes to appoint that person to that position and containing such particulars as may be prescribed; and
(b)either the Secretary of State has, before the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the date of service of that notice, notified the company in writing that there is no objection to that person being appointed to that position or that period has elapsed without the Secretary of State having served on the company a written notice of objection.
(2)A notice served by a company under subsection (1)(a) above shall contain a statement signed by the person proposed to be appointed that it is served with his knowledge and consent.
(3)The Secretary of State may serve a notice of objection under subsection (1) above on the ground that it appears to him that the person proposed to be appointed is not a fit and proper person to be appointed to the position in question, but before serving such a notice the Secretary of State shall serve on the company and on that person a preliminary written notice stating—
(a)that the Secretary of State is considering the service on the company of a notice of objection on that ground; and
(b)that the company and that person may, within the period of one month from the date of service of the preliminary notice, make written representations to the Secretary of State and, if the company or that person so requests, oral representations to an officer of the Department of Trade appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State.
(4)The Secretary of State shall not be obliged to disclose to the company or to the person proposed to be appointed any particulars of the ground on which he is considering the service on the company of a notice of objection.
(5)Where representations are made in accordance with this section the Secretary of State shall take them into consideration before serving the notice of objection.
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