Insurance Companies Act 1974

Insurance Companies Act 1974[a]
Act of Parliament
coat of arms
Long titleAn Act to consolidate, with certain exceptions, the provisions of the Insurance Companies Acts 1958 to 1973.
Citation1974 c. 49
Territorial extent [b]
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1974
Commencement31 August 1974[c]
Repealed15 November 1983
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Insurance Companies Act 1974 (c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated, with certain exceptions, enactments relating to insurance companies in Great Britain.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 88(2) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in schedule 2 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 72 Insurance Companies Act 1958 The whole act, so far as unrepealed, except sections 19(1), 20, 34, 36(4), (5) and (7) and 37(1) and (3).
1967 c. 81 Companies Act 1967 Part II, so far as unrepealed, except sections 60(3), 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 96, 97, 99, 102(3) and (4), 107 and 108 and the definition of "director" in section 102(2). In section 111(1)(a) the words "the Insurance Companies Act 1958". Section 130(3). Schedule 5. Part I of Schedule 6. Part VI of Schedule 8.
1973 c. 58 Insurance Companies Amendment Act 1973 The whole act except sections 50, 51, 54(1), 56, 57(1), paragraphs 15 to 17 of Schedule 1, and Schedules 3 to 5.

Subsequent developments

The whole act, except sections 88(1)(b) and 90 and schedule 1, was repealed by section 99(3) of, and schedule 6 to, the Insurance Companies Act 1982, which came into force on 28 January 1983.[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 2 of part V of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 90(1).
  2. ↑ Section 90(3).
  3. ↑ Section 90(2).

References

  1. ↑ Daykin, C. D. (1992). "The developing role of the Government Actuary's Department in the supervision of insurance". Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. 119 (2): 313–343. doi:10.1017/S0020268100019892. ISSN 0020-2681.
  2. ↑ "Insurance Companies Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 49
  3. ↑ "Insurance Companies Act 1982", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1982 c. 50
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1993 c. 50