103(1)A policy of life insurance is not a “foreign policy of life insurance” for the purposes of Chapter 9 of Part 4 (see the definition in section 476(3)) if it is issued in respect of an insurance made before 18th November 1983.U.K.
(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a policy issued in respect of an insurance made before 18th November 1983 is treated as issued in respect of one made on or after that date if it is varied on or after that date so as—
(a)to increase the benefits secured, or
(b)to extend the term of the insurance.
(3)A change in the terms of a policy counts as its variation for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) if it results from the exercise of an option conferred by the policy to have another policy substituted for it or to have any of its terms changed.