Central Bank Act 1989	1989, No. 16
Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008	2008, No. 18
Finance Act 1970	1970, No. 14
Insurance (No. 2) Act 1983	1983, No. 29
Insurance Act 1989	1989, No. 3
Insurance Acts 1909 to 2000
Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005	2005, No. 12
Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994	1994, No. 24
Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009	2009, No. 7
Limited Partnerships Act 1907	7 Edw. 7, c.24
National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000	2000, No. 33
Netting of Financial Contracts Act 1995	1995, No. 25
Pensions Act 1990	1990, No. 25
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997	1997, No. 39
Universities Act 1997	1997, No. 24

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Number 14 of 2009

FINANCIAL MEASURES (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2009

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DIRECT DEBIT MANDATES AFTER THE COMING INTO OPERATION OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN PAYMENTS AREA DIRECT DEBIT SCHEME, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE ASSETS OF CERTAIN PENSION FUNDS TO THE NATIONAL PENSIONS RESERVE FUND, AND THE CONTINUED PAYMENT OF BENEFITS FORMERLY PAYABLE FROM THOSE FUNDS, TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE GIVING OF CERTAIN GUARANTEES BY THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE, TO AMEND THE CENTRAL BANK ACT 1989 SO AS TO CLARIFY ITS APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ACQUIRING TRANSACTIONS, TO AMEND THE CREDIT INSTITUTIONS (FINANCIAL SUPPORT) ACT 2008 SO AS TO ALLOW THE EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER THAT ACT CAN BE PROVIDED, TO AMEND THE INSURANCE (NO. 2) ACT 1983 AND THE INSURANCE ACT 1989 IN RELATION TO LIFE INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE, TO AMEND THE NETTING OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS ACT 1995 SO AS TO CLARIFY WHETHER CERTAIN PERSONS ARE PARTIES TO A NETTING AGREEMENT, TO AMEND THE TAXES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1997 IN RELATION TO THE TAXATION POSITION OF THE NATIONAL PENSIONS RESERVE FUND COMMISSION IN RELATION TO CERTAIN ASSETS TRANSFERRED FROM PENSION FUNDS TO THE NATIONAL PENSIONS RESERVE FUND, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED PURPOSES;

[26th June, 2009]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title.

1.— This Act may be cited as the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.

PART 2

Direct Debit Instructions and Mandates

Continuation of certain direct debit instructions.

2.— (1) The Minister for Finance may make regulations providing for direct debit instructions to continue to operate as direct debit mandates after the SEPA Scheme comes into operation.

(2) Subject to any regulations made by virtue of subsection (1), a direct debit instruction continues to operate, after the SEPA Scheme comes into operation, as a direct debit mandate according to its terms.

(3) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)—

(a) may, for the purpose of continuing the operation of a direct debit instruction as a direct debit mandate, modify the operation, in relation to such an instruction or mandate, of any enactment or rule of law, and

(b) may make provision—

(i) requiring originators that intend to continue direct debit instructions in operation as direct debit mandates after the SEPA Scheme comes into operation to make available specified information about the Scheme, and about how the information is required to be made available, and

(ii) for the period of notice that such an originator is required to give of that intention, and the manner in which that notice is required to be given.

(4) Regulations made under subsection (1)—

(a) may declare any such regulation to be a penal regulation, and

(b) may make different provision for different classes of direct debit instructions.

(5) A person who contravenes a regulation under this section that is declared to be a penal regulation commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of €5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months or both.

(6) Regulations made under subsection (1) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after they are made and, if a resolution annulling them is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulations are laid before it, the regulations shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the regulations.

(7) In this section:

“ direct debit instruction” means—

(a) a direct debit instruction, within the meaning given by the Scheme Rules of the Direct Debit Scheme published by Irish Retail Electronic Payments Clearing Company Ltd as updated to February 2008, being such an instruction that is valid and operative within the terms of those Rules, or

(b) a direct debit plus instruction, within the meaning of those Rules, being such an instruction that is valid and operative within the terms of those Rules;

“ direct debit mandate” means a mandate, within the meaning given by the Scheme Rulebook;

“ originator” means the person in whose favour a direct debit instruction or direct debit mandate has been given;

“ Scheme Rulebook” means the SEPA Core Direct Debit Scheme Rulebook Version 3.3 approved by the European Payments Council on 31 March 2009, or any later version of that Rulebook approved by that Council;

“SEPA Scheme” means the SEPA Core Direct Debit Scheme set out in the Scheme Rulebook.

PART 3

Transfer of Assets of Certain Pension Funds to National Pensions Reserve Fund

Interpretation (Part 3).

3.— (1) In this Part:

“Act of 1990” means the Pensions Act 1990 ;

“Act of 2000” means the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 ;

“ additional voluntary contributions” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1990;

“ assets” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);

“ benefits” includes pensions, gratuities and any other allowances payable under a relevant pension scheme;

“ the Commission” means the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission;

“ covered other pension fund” means a pension fund referred to in column A of Part 2 of Schedule 1 ;

“ covered pension fund” means a covered other pension fund or a covered university pension fund;

“ covered university pension fund” means a pension fund referred to in column A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 ;

“ relevant body” , in relation to a covered pension fund and the relevant pension scheme for the fund, means the body specified for the relevant covered pension fund in column B of the relevant item in Schedule 1 ;

“ relevant Minister” means—

(a) in relation to a covered university pension fund and its relevant pension scheme, the Minister for Education and Science, or

(b) in relation to a covered other pension fund and its relevant pension scheme, the Minister specified for the fund in column C of the relevant item in Part 2 of Schedule 1 ;

“relevant pension scheme”, in relation to a covered pension fund, has the meaning given by section 4 ;

“Reserve Fund” means the National Pensions Reserve Fund established by the Act of 2000;

“transfer order” means an order made under section 5 (1);

“ university pension scheme” means the relevant pension scheme in relation to a covered university pension fund.

(2) A reference in this Part to the assets of a fund is a reference to—

(a) in the case of a fund that is established as a trust, the assets subject to the trust, and

(b) in the case of a covered pension fund that is not established as a trust, the assets held by the relevant body concerned for the purposes of the fund,

but does not include any assets identified by the fund as being held for the purposes of a defined contribution scheme (within the meaning of the Act of 1990) financed by additional voluntary contributions.

References to “relevant pension scheme”.

4.— (1) In this Part, a reference to the relevant pension scheme in relation to a covered pension fund is a reference—

(a) if no transfer order has been made in relation to the fund, to the pension scheme for the purposes of which the fund was established, or

(b) if a transfer order has been made in relation to the fund, to the pension scheme contained in the instruments or provisions specified for that purpose in the order.

(2) On and after the date of effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, the provisions of that order that specify the instruments or provisions that contain the relevant pension scheme are conclusive as to those instruments or provisions.

Transfer orders.

5.— (1) The Minister for Finance where that Minister is the relevant Minister in relation to a covered pension fund, and in any other case the relevant Minister in relation to the covered pension fund concerned acting with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may make a transfer order in relation to the fund.

(2) Before making a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund the relevant Minister shall consult—

(a) in the case of a fund that is constituted as a trust, the trustees of that trust, and

(b) the board of directors or other governing body of the relevant body for the fund,

to the extent that he or she considers necessary or reasonable in the circumstances.

(3) Consultation that took place before the passing of this Act with the persons concerned satisfies the obligation in subsection (2).

(4) A transfer order—

(a) shall specify its date of effect,

(b) shall either set out a list of the instruments or provisions that contain the relevant pension scheme, or contain some other appropriate means of identifying those instruments or provisions, and

(5) In subsection (4) “ instrument ” includes a trust deed, a university statute and a college statute.

(6) Notice of the making of a transfer order shall be published as soon as practicable in Iris Oifigiúil.

(7) A transfer order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made.

Effect of transfer order on assets of funds.

6.— (1) On the date of effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, the assets of the fund are by virtue of this section transferred to the Reserve Fund, and thereafter form part of the assets of that Fund.

(2) On the date of effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund—

(a) any trust in relation to the assets of the fund is terminated,

(b) the trustees under any such trust cease to be trustees, and cease to be liable as trustees for anything done in relation to that fund on or after the date of effect,

(d) the provisions of any trust deed, university statute, college statute or other instrument or instruments (other than provisions specified in the transfer order as setting out part of the relevant pension scheme) constituting the fund cease to have effect.

(3) If a trust deed in relation to a covered pension fund contains any provision to the effect that the relevant pension scheme ceases to operate on the termination of the trust, then the provision is of no effect to the extent that it so provides.

Relevant pension scheme to continue after making of transfer order.

7.— (1) Where a transfer order has been made in relation to a covered pension fund, the relevant pension scheme continues to operate, subject to this Part, on and after the coming into effect of the order.

(2) If before the making of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund the board of directors or other governing body of the relevant body concerned were not the administrators of the relevant covered pension scheme, on the date of effect of the order that board of directors or other governing body becomes the administrators of the scheme.

(3) The persons who were members, immediately before the making of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, of the relevant pension scheme continue, on and after the coming into effect of the order, to be members of the scheme. For all purposes each such member’s membership of the scheme is to be taken to have been uninterrupted.

Transfer of assets under transfer order.

8.— (1) The transfer of an asset under a transfer order is not subject to any form of taxation.

(2) Any instrument necessary to give full effect to or record a transfer of an asset under a transfer order is not subject to stamp duty.

Application of certain other Acts.

9.— (1) A transfer order has effect for the purposes of this Part notwithstanding anything in the Act of 1990.

(2) The Act of 1990 continues to apply to a relevant pension scheme after the date of effect of a transfer order in relation to the covered pension fund concerned to the same extent as that Act applied to the scheme before that date.

(3) Notwithstanding section 6(1)(c) (as amended by section 3 (b) of the Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009 ) of the Act of 2000, where assets transferred under a transfer order include securities issued under section 54 (1) of the Finance Act 1970 , the Commission may hold or dispose of those securities as it sees fit.

(4) Nothing in this Part affects the operation of section 25 (8) of the Universities Act 1997 so far as it relates to superannuation.

Value of assets transferred to be offset against contributions to Reserve Fund.

10.— (1) Where a transfer order has been made in relation to a covered pension fund, the value of the assets transferred pursuant to the order shall be taken to be in satisfaction or part-satisfaction, as the case requires, of the obligation of the Minister for Finance under section 18(2) of the Act of 2000 to make contributions to the Reserve Fund in the current year.

(2) If the aggregate value of assets transferred to the Reserve Fund under transfer orders in a year, added to any contributions made to the Reserve Fund in the same year under subsections (2), (5A) and (5C) of section 18 (as amended by section 6 (c) of the Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009 ) of the Act of 2000, is greater than the amount required to be paid into the Reserve Fund in that year under section 18(2) of the Act of 2000, the excess amount shall be taken to be in satisfaction or part-satisfaction, as the case requires, of the amount required under that section to be paid into that Fund in any subsequent year or years.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)—

(a) as soon as practicable after a transfer order is made in relation to a covered pension fund, the trustees of the fund (or, where there is no trust deed, the board or governing body of the relevant body in relation to the fund) shall cause a valuation, on the same basis as a valuation of resources for the purpose of an actuarial valuation under Part IV of the Act of 1990, to be made of the assets of the fund as at the date of effect of the transfer order, and

(b) the Commission shall determine the value of the assets of the fund, as at the date of effect of the transfer order, in consultation with the Minister, having regard to that valuation.

Exercise of discretions under relevant pension scheme after making of transfer order.

11.— (1) If before the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund a provision of the relevant pension scheme conferred a discretion in relation to one or more members’ rights or benefits, the provision continues in effect after the coming into effect of the order, but the discretion is to be exercised, where the Minister for Finance is the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme, by that Minister, and in any other case by the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme and the Minister for Finance acting jointly.

(2) After the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, the Minister for Finance where that Minister is the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme, and in any other case the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme and the Minister for Finance acting jointly, may delegate, in writing, the exercise of a discretion referred to in subsection (1)—

(a) in the case of a university pension scheme, to the Higher Education Authority or the governing body of the relevant body concerned, and

(b) in the case of any other relevant pension scheme, to the board of directors or other governing body of the relevant body concerned.

Continuation of scheme regarding obligations and benefits.

12.— (1) After a transfer order has been made in relation to a covered pension fund, the relevant pension scheme has effect, in relation to the making of contributions by members and the employers concerned and in relation to benefits, in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

(2) An obligation to make contributions referred to in subsection (1) has effect as an obligation—

(a) in the case of each member’s obligation to make contributions, to make those contributions to the relevant body concerned, or to permit the relevant body to withhold those contributions from salary, wages or other payments due, in each case at the same rate as immediately before the date of effect of the relevant transfer order, and

(b) in the case of an employer’s obligation to make contributions, to make those contributions at the same rate as immediately before the date of effect of the order,

to be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance or otherwise paid or disposed of as that Minister may direct.

(3) After a transfer order has been made in relation to a covered pension fund, any right of members of the relevant pension scheme to make voluntary contributions (including contributions for any purchase of notional service and buyback of years, repayment of a marriage gratuity and a transfer value paid in to the benefit of the member, but not including additional voluntary contributions treated under the Act of 1990 as paid to a defined contribution scheme (within the meaning given by that Act), or contributions to a PRSA (within the meaning given by that Act)) to the scheme continues to have effect according to the terms of the scheme.

(4) As soon as practicable after the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, the relevant body in relation to the relevant pension scheme shall set up, subject to the approval of the Minister for Finance where that Minister is the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme, and in any other case the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme and the Minister for Finance, an appropriate mechanism to account separately for contributions referred to in subsections (2) and (3).

(5) On and after the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to a covered pension fund, the obligation to pay benefits in accordance with the relevant pension scheme becomes an obligation of the relevant body in relation to the scheme.

(6) If the aggregate of members and employers’ contributions paid to or withheld or retained by a relevant body under subsections (2) and (3) (being contributions that the Minister has directed the body to apply to the payment of benefits under the relevant pension scheme) are insufficient to meet the body’s obligations to pay those benefits in accordance with the scheme, the Minister for Finance shall make good the deficiency by payments to the relevant body from funds provided by the Oireachtas for the purpose.

Changes in rules of covered pension schemes.

13.— (1) Section 25 (7) of the Universities Act 1997 and the Fifth Schedule to that Act continue to apply in relation to a relevant pension scheme that is a university pension scheme after a transfer order is made in relation to the relevant covered pension fund, but that section and Schedule are not to be taken to authorise the amendment of the order.

(2) On and from the passing of this Act, a relevant pension scheme (other than a relevant pension scheme to which subsection (1) applies) may be amended only with the approval of the Minister for Finance where that Minister is the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme, and in any other case the relevant Minister in relation to the scheme and the Minister for Finance.

Complaints and disputes.

14.— (1) Nothing in this Part or in any transfer order affects the jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman established by section 127 of the Act of 1990 to investigate and determine a complaint or dispute in relation to the relevant pension scheme.

(2) If a relevant pension scheme confers on a Minister the function of settling disputes by arbitration or otherwise, after the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to the covered pension fund concerned that Minister continues to have that function.

(3) If procedures of the kind referred to in section 132 of the Act of 1990 have been established in relation to a relevant pension scheme, after the coming into effect of a transfer order in relation to the covered pension fund concerned those procedures continue to have effect.

PART 4

Guarantees by Minister for Finance

Construction of certain provisions when Minister for Finance guarantees non-equity securities, etc.

15.— (1) A reference to a guarantor in paragraph 3(2)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 324 of 2005 ) shall be taken not to include the Minister for Finance.

(2) Nothing in section 41 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 renders the Minister for Finance liable to pay compensation to any person who acquires any security the issue of which has been guaranteed by that Minister.

(3) No action or other proceeding whatsoever lies or is maintainable against the Minister for Finance in respect of any loss or damage alleged to have been caused or contributed to by any statement, misstatement or omission of information in any statement in a prospectus, offering circular or other offering document relating to any securities guaranteed by that Minister.

PART 5

Amendments of other Acts

Amendment of the Central Bank Act 1989.

16.— The Central Bank Act 1989 is amended as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 .

Amendment of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008.

17.— (1) The Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 is amended as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 .

(2) This section comes into operation on a day that the Minister for Finance may by order appoint.

Amendment of the Insurance (No. 2) Act 1983.

18.— The Insurance (No. 2) Act 1983 is amended as set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2 .

Amendment of Insurance Act 1989.

19.— The Insurance Act 1989 is amended as set out in Part 4 of Schedule 2 .

Amendment of Netting of Financial Contracts Act 1995.

20.— The Netting of Financial Contracts Act 1995 is amended as set out in Part 5 of Schedule 2 .

Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

21.— The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended as set out in Part 6 of Schedule 2 .

SCHEDULE 1

Covered Pension Funds

Section 3 .

PART 1

University Pension Funds

Column A Fund	Column B Body
University of Dublin Trinity College Pension Fund	University of Dublin Trinity College
University College Dublin Pension Fund	University College Dublin
University College Cork Pension Funds	University College Cork
The Joint Pension Fund, National University of Ireland, Galway	National University of Ireland, Galway
National University of Ireland, Maynooth Pension Plan	National University of Ireland, Maynooth
National University of Ireland General Pension Scheme Fund	National University of Ireland

PART 2

Other Pension funds

Column A Fund	Column B Body	Column C Relevant Minister
Industrial Development Authority Superannuation Fund	Forfás	Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Superannuation Fund	SFADCo	Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
An Foras Áiseanna Saothair (Closed) Superannuation Scheme Fund	FÁS	Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Irish Goods Council Pension Fund	Forfás	Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
An Bord Bia Superannuation Fund	An Bord Bia	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Arts Council Pension Fund	Arts Council	Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Regional Tourism Pension Scheme Fund	Fáilte Ireland	Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Fáilte Ireland Contributory Pension and Death Benefits Scheme (formerly known as CERT)	Fáilte Ireland	Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
The Institute of Public Administration Superannuation Fund	The Institute of Public Administration	Minister for Finance
The Economic and Social Research Institute Pension Plan	The Economic and Social Research Institute	Minister for Finance
The Economic and Social Research Institute Superannuation Plan	The Economic and Social Research Institute	Minister for Finance

SCHEDULE 2

Amendments of Other Acts

Section 16 .

PART 1

Amendment of the Central Bank Act 1989

Item

Provision amended

Amendment

Section 75(1)

Substitute:

“(1) Subject to subsections (1A) and (1B), this Chapter applies to an acquisition by a person or more than one person acting in concert of shares or other interest in a holder of a licence.

(1A) This Chapter does not apply to an acquisition if—

(a) after the acquisition the proportion of shares in the licence holder held by the acquiring person or persons would not exceed the prescribed percentage, and

(b) where the licence holder concerned is a body incorporated in the State, the acquisition, together with any other interest in the licence holder already held or controlled (directly or indirectly) by the acquiring person or persons, would not confer a right to appoint or remove some or all of the board of directors or committee of management of the licence holder.

(1B) This Chapter does not apply to an acquisition that is subject to notification and prudential assessment under the European Communities (Licensing and Supervision of Credit Institutions) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 395 of 1992 ).

(1C) An acquisition to which this Chapter applies is referred to in this Chapter as an ‘acquiring transaction’.”.

PART 2

Amendment of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008

Section 17 .

Item	Provision amended	Amendment
1	Section 6(1)	After “the relevant date,” insert “and in accordance with this section,”.
2	Section 6(3)	Substitute: “(3) Financial support provided under this section shall not continue beyond— (a) 29 September 2010, or (b) a later date specified by the Minister by order. (3A) The Minister may specify a date under subsection (3)(b) if and only if— (a) he or she is satisfied, after consulting the Governor and the Regulatory Authority, that the circumstances set out in section 2 exist and are likely to continue to exist until the date to be specified, and (b) he or she is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest that assistance continue to be provided under this section until that date. (3B) The Minister may specify by order a period or periods during which credit institutions may incur borrowings, liabilities and obligations in respect of which financial support may be provided under this section.”.
3	Section 6	After section 6(19), insert: “(20) In the event of there being any doubt or uncertainty over whether financial support provided or proposed to be provided in respect of a borrowing, liability or obligation of a credit institution or subsidiary may be provided under this section, the Minister may determine the matter. The Minister’s determination is conclusive.”.

PART 3

Amendment of the Insurance (No. 2) Act 1983

Section 18 .

Item	Provision amended	Amendment
1	Section 1(1), definition of “ ‘authorisation’ and ‘non-life insurance’ ”	Delete.
2	Section 1(1), definition of “the business”	Substitute: “ ‘the business’ in relation to an insurer or reinsurer includes the business of managing investments and assets held by the insurer or reinsurer;”.
3	Section 1(1), definition of “ ‘insurer’ and ‘policy’ ”	Substitute: “ ‘insurance business’ means non-life business or life business; ‘insurer’ means the holder of an authorisation issued by the Bank under— (a) the Non-Life Insurance Regulations, (b) the Life Assurance Regulations, (c) the Non-Life Insurance Framework Regulations, or (d) the Life Assurance Framework Regulations, to carry on a class or description of insurance business; ‘Life Assurance Framework Regulations’ means the European Communities (Life Assurance) Framework Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 360 of 1994 ); ‘Life Assurance Regulations’ means the European Communities (Life Assurance) Regulations 1984 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1984 );”.
4	Section 1(1), definition of “policyholder”	Substitute: “ ‘Non-Life Insurance Framework Regulations’ means the European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Framework Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 359 of 1994 ); ‘Non-Life Insurance Regulations’ means the European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Regulations 1976 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1976 ); ‘policy’ means a document or other writing by which a contract— (a) of non-life insurance (within the meaning of the Non-Life Insurance Regulations or the Non-Life Insurance Framework Regulations) or life insurance (within the meaning of the Life Assurance Regulations or the Life Assurance Framework Regulations), or (b) of reinsurance (within the meaning of the Reinsurance Regulations), is made or agreed to be made or that is evidence of such a contract; ‘policyholder’, in relation to an insurer or a reinsurer, means a person (other than the issuing insurer or reinsurer) who is a party to a policy issued by the insurer or reinsurer;”.
5	Section 1(1), definition of “the Regulations”	Substitute: “ ‘the Reinsurance Regulations’ means the European Communities (Reinsurance) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 380 of 2006 ); ‘reinsurer’ means the holder of an authorisation under the Reinsurance Regulations; ‘the supervisory Regulations’ means— (a) the Life Assurance Regulations, (b) the Non-Life Insurance Regulations, (c) the Reinsurance Regulations, (d) the Non-Life Insurance Framework Regulations, (e) the Life Assurance Framework Regulations, and (f) the European Communities (Insurance and Reinsurance Groups Supplementary Supervision) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 366 of 2007 ).”.
6	Section 1	Insert after subsection (2): “(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in sections 2 to 6 of this Act to an insurer includes a reinsurer.”.
7	Section 2(2)(a)(iii)	Substitute “the supervisory Regulations” for “the Regulations”.
8	Section 2(2)(b)	Substitute “insurance business or reinsurance business” for “non-life insurance business”.
9	Section 2(8)	Substitute: “(8) In proceedings upon a petition presented under this Act, evidence that the matters set out in subsection (2)(a) pertained in relation to an insurer at the close of the period to which the latest returns of the insurer to the Bank under— (a) the Insurance Acts 1909 to 2000, (b) the supervisory Regulations, or (c) the European Communities (Non-Life Insurance Accounts) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1995 ), relate, or on any later date, shall be evidence that such matters pertain in relation to the insurer at the time of the hearing of the proceedings.”.
10		After section 2, insert:
		“Administrator’s power of sale, etc. 2A.—(1) An administrator appointed under section 2 has, and shall be deemed always to have had, power to dispose of all or any part of the business, undertaking or assets of the insurer concerned and to carry on any remaining business including the settlement of liabilities, with a view to the orderly completion of the administration. (2) Where such an administrator appointed before 20 March 1989 has disposed of all or any part of the business, undertaking or assets of an insurer authorised under the Non-Life Insurance Regulations, there may, with the approval of the court, be paid out of the Fund to the administrator such amounts as are, in the opinion of the court, required to enable the administrator to continue the administration with a view to its completion in an orderly manner.”.
11	Section 4	Substitute “insurance business or reinsurance business” for “non-life insurance business”.
12	Section 6	Substitute “insurance business or reinsurance business” for “non-life insurance business”.

PART 4

Amendment of the Insurance Act 1989

Section 19 .

Item	Provision amended	Amendment
1	Section 33	Delete.

PART 5

Amendment of the Netting of Financial Contracts Act 1995

Section 20 .

Item	Provision amended	Amendment
1	Section 1, definition of “party”	Substitute: “ ‘party’ has the meaning given in section 1A;”.
2		After section 1, insert:
		“Meaning of ‘party’. 1A.—(1) In this Act, ‘party’ means, subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person constituting one of the parties to an agreement. (2) In this Act ‘party’ includes, and shall be deemed always to have included— (a) any number of persons who share a single, identical interest in the agreement referred to subsequently in this definition if there is no differentiation in the rights and obligations of each of them in that agreement, (b) the partners in a partnership or limited partnership, including any limited partnership established under the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 or the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, and (c) the participants in— (i) a common contractual fund authorised pursuant to the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 , the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 211 of 2003 ) or the laws of a Member State (other than the State) adopted to implement Council Directive No. 85/611/EEC of 20 December 1985 ¹ as amended, or (ii) a sub-fund of a common contractual fund referred to in subparagraph (i), (whether or not the fund is acting through a manager or a delegate of a manager), in circumstances where any of such persons or such partners (acting in their capacity as such) or such fund or sub-fund enters into an agreement. (3) In this Act ‘party’ does not include, and shall be deemed never to have included, any person in whose favour a party to an agreement has created any interest by way of security in any of the party’s rights, title and interest in and to that agreement.”.

PART 6

Amendment of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

Section 21 .

Item	Provision amended	Amendment
1	Section 230A	Insert “the National Pensions Reserve Fund,” before “the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission or”.
2	Section 730D(2)(b)	Substitute “section 730E(3),” for “section 730E(3), or”.
3	Section 730D(2)(c)	Substitute “section 730E(3A),” for “section 730E(3A).”.
4	Section 730D(2)	After section 730D(2)(c), insert: “(d) where the life policy is an asset held by the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission or the State acting through that Commission, and that Commission has made a declaration to that effect to the assurance company, or (e) where the life policy is an asset held by a Commission investment vehicle (within the meaning given by section 2 of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 (as amended by section 2 of the Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009 )) or the State acting through a Commission investment vehicle and the Commission investment vehicle has made a declaration to that effect to the assurance company.”.
5	Schedule 15, Part 1	Insert after paragraph 34A: “34B. The National Pensions Reserve Fund.”.

¹OJ L375, 31/12/1985, p.3.

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