{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policyholders-protection-act-1997-repealed/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policyholders-protection-act-1997-repealed/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/18",
  "legislation_title": "Policyholders Protection Act 1997 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policyholders-protection-act-1997-repealed",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous.",
  "text": "(1) In section 32 of the 1975 Act, in subsection (1), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, there shall be inserted—\n““authorised friendly society” means a society authorised under section 32 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 to carry on in the United Kingdom insurance business such as is mentioned in section 31 of that Act;”\n““EC company” and “EEA State” have the same meanings as in the Insurance Companies Act 1982;”\n““establishment” has the same meaning as in the Insurance Companies Act 1982;”.\n(2) In that section, after subsection (2C) there shall be inserted—\n“(2D) For the purposes of this Act—\n(a) a company shall be taken to provide general insurance in the United Kingdom if it covers (otherwise than by reinsurance) a risk situated there through an establishment in another EEA State, and\n(b) a company shall be taken to provide long term insurance in the United Kingdom if it covers (otherwise than by reinsurance) a commitment situated there through an establishment in another EEA State.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1982 c. 50."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/18/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:27:41.010709+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."
}