Regulation 11 Amendments to the principal Regulations

Regulation 12 shall be amended as follows.

In paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (b), the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph (ii)—

“(ii)

declare that it is an incorporated friendly society for the purposes of the Friendly Societies Act 1992^f1 which is entitled to provide insurance under contracts of private medical insurance; or

(iia)

declare that it is a registered friendly society for the purposes of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 which is entitled to provide insurance under contracts of private medical insurance; or

(iib)

declare that it is a trade union for the purposes of section 467(4) of the Taxes Act^f2 which is entitled to provide insurance under contracts of private medical insurance; or”.

In paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (b), the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (iv)—

“(iv)

declared that he is an insurer who does not fall within paragraph (i), that he is either an EEA national or a company or partnership formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or the law of any other EEA State which has its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in an EEA State, and that he is authorised to provide insurance under contracts of private medical insurance under the law in force in the EEA State of which he is a national, or in which it has its registered office, central administration or principal place of business, as the case may be; and”.

After paragraph (4), the following paragraph shall be added—

“(5)

In this regulation—

• “EEA national” means a national of a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement other than the United Kingdom, but until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include a national of the State of Liechtenstein;

• “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement but until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein;

• “EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.”.