PART II AMENDMENTS OF 1982 ACT

CHAPTER II REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

Changes of director, controller or manager etc.

36 Duty to notify change of director, controller or manager
1 For subsection (1) of section 62 of the 1982 Act (duty to notify change of director, controller or manager) substitute—

“1 If, in the case of a company to which this Part of this Act applies, a person becomes or ceases to be—
(a) a controller of the company; or
(b) where the company is a UK company, a 10 per cent.shareholder controller, a 20 per cent.shareholder controller, a 33 per cent.shareholder controller, a 50 per cent.shareholder controller or a majority shareholder controller of the company,
he shall, before the expiration of the period of seven days beginning with the day next following that on which he does so, notify the company in writing of that fact and of such other matters as may be prescribed.
1A If, after ceasing to be a shareholder controller of any description mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, a person will still be a shareholder controller of the company, his notice under that subsection shall state the percentage of the shares or voting power which he will (alone or with any associate or associates) hold or be entitled to exercise or control.
1B A person who becomes a director or manager of an insurance company to which this Part of this Act applies shall, before the expiration of the period of seven days beginning with the day next following that on which he does so, notify the company in writing of such matters as may be prescribed.”

2 In subsection (2) of that section, for the words “subsection (1)” substitute the words “subsection (1), (1A) or (1B)”.
3 After that subsection insert—

“3 In this section ‘share’ has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Companies Act or Part VIII of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.”