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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 255 Meaning of "insurance company"

(1) Regulation 2 of the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1998 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for the definition of "insurance company" substitute -

""insurance company" means -

(a) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance; or

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance as a result of satisfying the establishment conditions within the meaning of that Schedule;".

(3) After paragraph (1) insert -

"(1A) The definition of "insurance company" in paragraph (1) must be read with -

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

(b) any relevant order under that section; and

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.".