{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed/section-93",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed/section-93.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/50",
  "legislation_title": "Insurance Companies Act 1982 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-act-1982-repealed",
  "path": "section/93",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "93",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution of prosecutions.",
  "text": "Proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act shall not be instituted—\n(a) in England or Wales, except by or with the consent of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Industrial Assurance Commissioner or the Director of Public Prosecutions,\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Treasury,the Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 93 substituted (5.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2781, art. 8, Sch. Pt. I para. 49 (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 93: functions to be exercisable by the Secretary of State and the Treasury concurrently (5.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2781, art. 4(1)(f) (with art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/50/section/93",
    "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."
}