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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurers-reorganisation-and-winding-up-regulations-2003/regulation-36",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1102",
  "legislation_title": "The Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insurers-reorganisation-and-winding-up-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part—\n(a) “affected insurer” means a UK insurer which is the subject of a relevant reorganisation or winding up;\n(b) “relevant reorganisation” or “relevant winding up” means any voluntary arrangement, administration order, winding up, or order referred to in regulation 34(1)(d) to which this Part applies; and\n(c) “relevant time” means the date of the opening of a relevant reorganisation or a relevant winding up\n(2) In this Part, references to the opening of a relevant reorganisation or a relevant winding up mean—\n(a) in the case of winding up proceedings—\n(i) in the case of a winding up by the court, the date on which the winding up order is made, or\n(ii) in the case of a creditors' voluntary winding up, the date on which the liquidator is appointed in accordance with section 100 of the 1986 Act or Article 86 of the 1989 Order;\n(b) in the case of a voluntary arrangement, the date when a decision with respect to that voluntary arrangement has effect in accordance with section 4A(2) of the 1986 Act;\n(c) in a case where an administration order under section 8 of the 1986 Act or Article 21 of the 1989 Order is in force, the date of the making of that order;\n(d) in a case where the court reduces the value of one or more of the contracts of a UK insurer under section 377 of the 2000 Act or section 24(5) of the Friendly Societies Act 1992, the date the court exercises that power; and\n(e) in a case where a provisional liquidator has been appointed, the date of that appointment,\nand references to the time of an opening must be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1102/regulation/36",
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  },
  "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."
}