{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed/section-81C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed/section-81C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/50",
  "legislation_title": "Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed",
  "path": "section/81C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81C",
  "heading": "Information to be given to policy holder.",
  "text": "(1) Before entering into a contract for the provision of insurance in the United Kingdom, the insurance company shall inform the policy holder of the member State in which the establishment is situated through which the risk or commitmentis to be covered; and any document issued to the policy holder by the company shall also contain that information.\nThe requirements of this subsection do not apply where the contract is for the coverage of large risks only.\n(2) An insurance company providing insurance in the United Kingdom shall ensure that—\n(a) the address of the establishment through which the risk or commitmentis or is to be covered, and\n(b) the address of the company’s head office, and\n(c) where the insurance relates to relevant motor vehicle risks, the name and address of the claims representative,\nare stated on any policy or ot1her document under the terms of which insurance is granted, and on the insurance proposal if statements in the proposal bind the proposer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. IIIA (ss. 81A–81J) inserted by S.I. 1990/1333, reg. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "s. 81B substituted for ss. 81B-81J (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1696, reg. 46(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 81C(1)(2)(a) inserted (20.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/174, reg. 4(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 81C(2)(c) and word \"and\" preceding it inserted (19.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2890, reg. 7(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/50/section/81C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:47.436123+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}