Article 98 EC companies seeking to carry on reinsurance businessI1

This article applies in relation to an EC company (within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act) which at commencement—

If before commencement the company had, in accordance with paragraph 4(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 2F to the Insurance Companies Act, served a notice of its intention to carry on reinsurance business, the notice is to be treated as an application for permission made under section 40.

Article 9 applies in relation to an application treated under this article as an application under section 40 or 44 as it applies to an application so treated pursuant to a provision in Part II.