# The Insurance Companies (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996, Introduction: Introductory text


INSURANCE
Made 24th March 1996
Laid before Parliament 28th March 1996
Coming into force 30th April 1996
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to compulsory insurance in respect of, and other means of providing for, civil liability in relation to motor vehicles and trailers, the transfer of insurance contracts other than contracts of life assurance from one insurance undertaking to another, and in relation to the authorisation of the carrying on of insurance business and the regulation of such business and its conduct, the specification of insurers who may effect insurance required under or by virtue of any enactment, and the transfer of contracts of life assurance from one insurance undertaking to another and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to those matters, in exercise of his powers under the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/944/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996/introduction
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