Insurance Act, 1936

Special provisions in relation to syndicates.

14.—Whenever an application has been duly made in accordance with this Act by a syndicate for an assurance licence to carry on one or more than one class of assurance business other than life assurance business, industrial assurance business, or bond investment business, or whenever an assurance licence has been granted to a syndicate to carry on one or more than one class of assurance business (other than as aforesaid), the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) any alteration in the membership of such syndicate shall be notified by the Chairman of Lloyd's to the Registrar of Companies within the prescribed time, and

(b) any notice, document or legal process may (save as may be otherwise required by or under any rules of court or an order of a court or judge) be served by being left with the persons resident in Saorstát Éireann specified for that purpose by such syndicate under this Part of this Act or by being sent by prepaid ordinary post to such persons at their addresses as so specified by such syndicate, and

(c) the Registrar of Companies shall, if satisfied that such syndicate has filed with him the matters required by this Part of this Act to be so filed by it, issue a certificate under his hand certifying that such syndicate has so filed the matters which it is so required to file, and

(d) every such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matters stated therein and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of the Registrar of Companies or that he was in fact such Registrar, and

(e) the Registrar of Companies shall if required by any person and on payment to such Registrar by such person of whichever of the following fees is the lesser, that is to say, a fee of sixpence for every folio of seventy-two words, or a fee of one pound, issue to such person a copy (certified by such Registrar to be a true copy) of any of the matters required by this Part of this Act to be filed with such Registrar by such syndicate and every such copy when so certified shall be prima facie evidence of the contents thereof and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such Registrar or that he was in fact such Registrar.