HC Deb 09 February 2000 vol 344 c335
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6.—(1) "State of the commitment", in relation to a commitment entered into at any date, means—
- (a) if the policyholder is an individual, the State in which he had his habitual residence at that date;
- (b) if the policyholder is not an individual, the State in which the establishment of the policyholder to which the commitment relates was situated at that date.
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(2) "Commitment" means a commitment represented by insurance business of a prescribed class.
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(3) References to the EEA State in which a risk is situated are—
- (a) if the insurance relates to a building or to a building and its contents (so far as the contents are covered by the same policy), to the EEA State in which the building is situated;
- (b) if the insurance relates to a vehicle of any type, to the EEA State of registration;
- (c) in the case of policies of a duration of four months or less covering travel or holiday risks (whatever the class concerned), to the EEA State in which the policyholder took out the policy;
- (d) in a case not covered by paragraphs (a) to (c)—
- (i) if the policyholder is an individual, to the EEA State in which he has his habitual residence at the date when the contract is entered into; and
- (ii) otherwise, to the EEA State in which the establishment of the policyholder to which the policy relates is situated at that date.