F181G Notification to Secretary of State.U.K.
(1)Where an insurance company intends to provide insurance in a member State other than the United Kingdom and—
(a)its head office is situated in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the insurance is to be provided through an establishment in the United Kingdom,
it shall before doing so notify the Secretary of State of its intention.
(2)The notification shall indicate—
(a)the member State in which the insurance is to be provided,
(b)the nature of the risks [F2or commitments]which the company proposes to cover, and
(c)where the company’s head office is situated in the United Kingdom, the member State in which the establishment through which the risks [F2or commitments]will be covered is situated.
(3)Where the company intends to provide insurance in more than one member State, the information specified above may be contained in a single notification but must be set out separately in relation to each member State.
(4)Where a company has duly notified the Secretary of State of its intention to provide insurance in another member State where administrative authorisation is required for the provision of insurance, then, if the original notification related—
(a)only to risks [F2or commitments] in respect of which such authorisation is required, or
(b)only to risks [F2[or commitments] in respect of which such authorisation is not required,
and the company subsequently intends to extend its activities to risks [F2or commitments] falling within the other category, it shall before doing so comply with subsections (1) to (3) above in relation to those risks [F2or commitments].]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 81B substituted for ss.81B-81J (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 46(1)
F2Words in s. 81G(2)(4) inserted (20.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/174, reg. 4(10)