{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-assistance-regulations-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-assistance-regulations-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2130",
  "legislation_title": "The Insurance Companies (Assistance) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurance-companies-assistance-regulations-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement the Assistance Directive (84/641/EEC) by amending the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and its subordinate legislation, to create a new general business class 18. This class comprises all types of benefits in-cash or in-kind insurance in which assistance is given to the policy holder. The exemption from authorisation and supervision already enjoyed by motoring associations in respect of some types of benefits-in-kind insurance is continued with some modification of the nature and extent of the benefits which may be provided.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2130/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:15:27.936977+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."
}