{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standard-life-assurance-company-act-1991/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standard-life-assurance-company-act-1991/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1991/3",
  "legislation_title": "Standard Life Assurance Company Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standard-life-assurance-company-act-1991",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“Act of 1925” means the Standard Life Assurance Company’s Act 1925;\n“appointed day” means such day as shall be appointed under section 3 of this Act;\n“assignation”, in relation to England and Wales, means an assignment;\n“assurance” means a contract entered into by the Company the object of which is within any class or classes of insurance business specified in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to the 1982 c. 50.Insurance Companies Act 1982 or any other class or description of insurance, pension, indemnity, annuity or guarantee business;\n“Company” means The Standard Life Assurance Company;\n“directors” means the directors of the Company for the time being;\n“existing” means existing immediately before the appointed day;\n“member” means a member of the Company as defined from time to time by the regulations;\n“policy” means the instrument evidencing an assurance;\n“regulations” means the regulations of the Company for the time being in force in accordance with section 14 of this Act;\n“special resolution” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 15 of this Act;\n“territory” means and includes every country, state or place which has a separate legal jurisdiction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1991/3/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:02.729037+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."
}