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Version date: 1 December 2001 - onwards
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Article 280 Insurance against liability for employees: meaning of authorised insurer

(1) Section 1 of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (insurance against liability for employees) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for paragraph (b) [Subsection 3(b) has been amended by the Insurance Companies Act 1981 (c. 31) Schedule 4 Pt II, paragraph 19; by the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (c. 50) Schedule 5, paragraph 8; and by S.I. 1992/2890 regulation 11(1).] substitute -

"(b) "authorised insurer" means -

(i) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect and carry out contracts of insurance of a kind required by this Act and regulations made under this Act, or

(ii) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule to effect and carry out contracts of insurance of a kind required by this Act and regulations made under this Act;".

(3) After that subsection insert -

"(3A) Subsection (3)(b) 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.".