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Article 367 Insurance against liability for employees: meaning of authorised insurer

(1) Article 5 of the Employers' Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (insurance against liability for employees) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (b) [Paragraph 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 or carry out contracts of insurance;

(ii) 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 (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance; or

(iii) a person who does not fall within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) and who may lawfully effect or carry out contracts of insurance in a member State other than the United Kingdom;".

(3) After that paragraph insert -

"(3A) Paragraph (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