The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Meaning of Policy and Policyholder) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/2361
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Meaning of “Policy” and “Policyholder”) Order 2001 and comes into force on the day on which section 19 of the Act comes into force.

(2) In this Order, “contract of insurance” has the meaning given by article 3 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 .

Section 2 Meaning of “policy”

For the purposes of section 424(2) of the Act, “policy” means, as the context requires,

(a) a contract of insurance, including one under which an existing liability has already accrued, or

(b) any instrument evidencing such a contract.

Section 3 Meaning of “policyholder”

For the purposes of section 424(2) of the Act, “policyholder” means the person who for the time being is the legal holder of the policy, and includes any person to whom, under the policy, a sum is due, a periodic payment is payable or any other benefit is to be provided or to whom such a sum, payment or benefit is contingently due, payable or to be provided.