The Insurance Companies (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996 No. 944

AMENDMENTS OF THE 1982 ACT

Extended meaning of “member State” for purposes of Act

3.  In subsection (7) of section 2 of the 1982 Act(1) (restrictions on carrying on insurance business), for the words “Austria, Iceland, Norway and Sweden” substitute the words “Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway”.

Minor amendments of Act

4.—(1) Subsection (8) of section 2 of the 1982 Act(2) (restriction on carrying on insurance business) is hereby repealed.

(2) In subsection (4) of section 5 of that Act(3) (submission of proposals etc), in the definition of “EEA State”, omit the words from “but” to the end.

(3) In subsection (1) of section 96 of that Act(4) (general interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “EEA State”, omit the words from “but” to the end; and

(b) in the definition of “member State”, omit the words “and (8)”.

(1)

Subsection (7) was inserted by S.I. 1994/3132, reg.3.

(2)

Subsection (8) was inserted by S.I. 1994/3132, reg.3.

(3)

Subsection (4) was inserted by S.I. 1994/1696, reg.5.

(4)

Subsection (1) was amended by S.I. 1994/3132, reg.3 and there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.