(1) This Chapter shall apply to every company to which a certificate has been given by the Minister under section 39B (inserted by the Finance Act, 1987) of the Finance Act, 1980 (in this Chapter referred to as a "financial institution") other than every financial institution which is the holder of a licence under section 9 of the Act of 1971 or a moneybroker for the purposes of Chapter IX or is subject to supervision or is capable of being inspected by virtue of -

(a) the Building Societies Act, 1976, and every other Act which is to be construed together with that Act as one Act,

(b) the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, and every other Act which is to be construed together with that Act as one Act,

(c) the Assurance Companies Act, 1909, and every other Act which is to be construed together with that Act as one Act, or

(d) any other enactment which for the time being stands specified by order under section 91.