PART 2Amendments to the Act

CHAPTER 5Part 7 of the Act: control of business transfers

Section 105 (insurance business transfer schemes)32.

(1)

Section 105 (insurance business transfer schemes) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (a) for “one of the conditions” substitute “ the condition ”;

(b)

in paragraph (b) for “an EEA State” substitute “ the United Kingdom F1or Gibraltar ”.

(3)

For subsection (2) M1 substitute—

“(2)

The condition is that the whole or part of the business carried on in the United Kingdom by an authorised person who has permission to effect or carry out contracts of insurance (“the transferor concerned”) is to be transferred to another body (“the transferee”).”.

(4)

In subsection (3) M2—

(a)

omit Case 2;

(b)

in Case 3—

(i)

in paragraph (b) for “(none of which is an EEA State)” substitute “ outside the United Kingdom ”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b) for “an EEA State”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;

(iii)

in paragraph (c) for “other than an EEA State” substitute “ outside the United Kingdom ”.

(5)

In subsection (4) M3 omit “2,”.