(1) In paragraph (1) of regulation 3 of the 1983 Regulations (interpretation)—
(a) for the definition of “admissible asset” substitute—
“admissible asset” means an asset which is not required by regulation 45(3) of the Insurance Companies Regulations to be left out of account for the purposes specified in regulation 45(1) of those Regulations;
(b) after the definition of “authorised unit trust scheme” insert—
“branch” has the same meaning as in section 96A(2) of the Act ;
(c) omit the definitions of “Community company” and “Community deposit company”;
(d) for the definition of “credit insurance business” substitute—
“credit insurance business” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(e) after that definition insert—
“derivative contract” has the same meaning as in regulation 44(1) of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(f) after the definition of “direct and facultative” insert the following definitions—
“EC company” has the same meaning as in section 2(6) of the Act ;
“EEA deposit company” means a company (other than a pure reinsurer) whose head office is not in an EEA State and which has made a deposit in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Act ;
“EEA State” has the same meaning as in section 5(4) of the Act ;
“EFTA company” has the same meaning as in section 72B(7) of the Act ;
(g) for the definition of “equalisation reserve” substitute—
“equalisation reserve” has the same meaning as in regulation 76(1) of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(h) for the definition of “external company” substitute—
“external company” means a company, other than an EC company, an EFTA company, a Swiss general insurance company or a company to which section 9(2) of the Act applies, whose head office is outside the United Kingdom;
(i) for the definition of “Insurance Companies Regulations” substitute—
“ Insurance Companies Regulations ” means the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994 ;
(j) after the definition of “non-proportional reinsurance treaty” insert—
“option” has the same meaning as in regulation 44(1) of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(k) for the definition of “pure reinsurer” substitute—
“pure reinsurer” means—
an insurance company whose head office is in the United Kingdom and whose business is restricted to reinsurance business; or
an insurance company whose head office is not in the United Kingdom and whose business in the United Kingdom is restricted to reinsurance business;
(l) for the definition of “related company” substitute—
“related company” has the same meaning as in Part VIII of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(m) for the definition of “required margin of solvency” substitute—
“required margin of solvency” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Insurance Companies Regulations;
(n) in the definition of “required minimum margin”, for the words “required Community minimum margin” substitute the words “required EEA minimum margin”;
(o) in the definition of “United Kingdom deposit company”, for the words “in a member State” substitute the words “in an EEA State”;
(p) for the definition of “zillmerising” substitute—
“zillmerising” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Insurance Companies Regulations.
(2) For paragraph (3) of that regulation substitute—
(3) In these Regulations—
(a) any reference to long term business or general business shall, in relation to an EEA deposit company or an EFTA company, be taken to refer to long term or general business carried on by it through a branch in the United Kingdom; and
(b) any reference to general business shall, in relation to a Swiss general insurance company, be taken to refer to general business carried on by it through a branch in the United Kingdom,
and accordingly, any reference to, or requirement imposed in respect of, the accounts and balance sheet (including any notes, statements, reports and certificates annexed thereto) shall be taken as referring to, or imposing the requirement in respect of, business carried on through that branch.
(3) In paragraph (4) of that regulation—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “an agency or branch” substitute the words “a branch”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “an agency or branch in any member State” substitute the words “a branch in any EEA State”; and
(c) for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—
(ii) accounts prepared in respect of the long term business or the general business carried on, in the case of an external company, by the branch in the United Kingdom and, in the case of a United Kingdom deposit company, by the branches in question in the EEA States taken together.