PART IIRegulation of Insurance Companies

Transfers of long term business

50Provisions supplementary to section 49

(1)Where the court makes an order under section 49 above sanctioning a scheme the court may, either by that order or by any subsequent order, make provision for all or any of the following matters—

(a)the transfer to the transferee company of the whole or any part of the undertaking and of the property or liabilities of the transferor company ;

(b)the allotting or appropriation by the transferee company of any shares, debentures, policies or other like interests in that company which under the scheme are to be allotted or appropriated by that company to or for any person;

(c)the continuation by or against the transferee company of any legal proceedings pending by or against the transferor company;

(d)the dissolution, without winding up, of the transferor company;

(e)such incidental, consequential and supplementary matters as are necessary to secure that the scheme shall be fully and effectively carried out.

(2)Where any such order provides for the transfer of property or liabilities, that property shall, by virtue of the order, be transferred to and vest in, and those liabilities shall, by virtue of the order, be transferred to and become the liabilities of, the transferee company, and in the case of any property, if the order so directs, freed from any mortgage or charge which is by virtue of the scheme to cease to have effect.

(3)For the purposes of any provision requiring the delivery of an instrument of transfer as a condition for the registration of a transfer of any property (including in particular section 75 of the [1948 c. 38.] Companies Act 1948, section 56(4) of the [1946 c. 64.] Finance Act 1946, section 75 of the [1960 c. 22 (N.I.).] Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 and section 27(4) of the [1946 c. 17 (N.I.).] Finance (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946) an order which by virtue of this section operates to transfer any property shall be treated as an instrument of transfer.

(4)Where a scheme is sanctioned by an order of the court under section 49 above the transferee company shall, within ten days from the date on which the order is made or such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow, deposit two office copies of the order with the Secretary of State.

(5)In this section " property " includes property, rights and powers of every description, " liabilities " includes duties and " shares " and " debentures " have the same meaning as in the [1948 c. 38.] Companies Act 1948 or the Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960.