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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 27 Application of section 720 to insurers

(1) Section 720 of the 1985 Act (certain companies to publish periodical statement) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for "insurance company" substitute "insurer".

(3) In subsection (5) for "insurance company" substitute "insurer".

(4) For subsection (6) substitute -

"(6) This section does not apply to an insurer which is -

(a) an insurance company which is subject to, and complies with, rules made by the Financial Services Authority under Part 10 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 as to the accounts and balance sheet to be prepared annually and deposited; or

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, if the firm complies with the provisions of law of its home State as to the accounts and balance sheets to be prepared annually and deposited.".

(5) After subsection (7) insert -

"(8) For the purposes of this section -

(a) "insurer" means a person who effects or carries out contracts of insurance in the United Kingdom; and

(b) "contract of insurance" includes a contract of insurance under which the benefits provided by the insurer are exclusively or primarily benefits in kind in the event of accident to or breakdown of a vehicle.