Policyholders Protection Act 1975

9 Limits on the duties of the Board under sections 6 to 8

(1) The Board shall not by virtue of any provision of sections 6 to 8 above be required to secure any sum for a policyholder in respect of a policy of a company in liquidation which was a United Kingdom policy at the beginning of the liquidation or (as the case may be) for a person entitled to the benefit of a judgment by reference to any liability (or any part of any liability) of a company in liquidation which is duplicated by the liability of any other authorised insurance company which is not a company in liquidation.

(2) A liability of a company towards a policyholder is duplicated by the liability of another company for the purposes of subsection (1) above in so far as that other company is also under a liability, under the terms of any general policy which was a United Kingdom policy at the beginning of the first-mentioned company's liquidation, to make any payment to or on behalf of the policyholder in respect of the matter to which the liability of the first-mentioned company relates.

(3) A liability of a company in respect of a sum payable under section 149 of the [1972 c. 20.] Road Traffic Act 1972 or section 83 of the [1970 c. 2 (N.I.).] Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 to a person entitled to the benefit of a judgment is duplicated by the liability of another company for the purposes of subsection (1) above in so far as that other company is also liable under either of those sections to pay any sum to that person in respect of the same judgment.