Insurance Companies Act 1982

65Documents deposited with Secretary of State.

(1)The Secretary of State shall deposit with the registrar of companies one copy of—

(a)any document deposited with the Secretary of State under section 22 above, including any document obtained under subsection (5) of that section ;

(b)any document deposited with him under section 42(4) or 50(4) above.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, any document deposited under this section or section 25(5) or 26(3) above with the registrar of companies shall be open to inspection and copies thereof may be procured by any person on payment of such fees as the Secretary of State may direct.

(3)Subsection (2) above shall not apply to any document if it is a copy of a document in respect of which a dispensation has been granted under section 23(2) above.

(4)Every document deposited with the Secretary of State under this Part of this Act and certified by the registrar of companies to be a document so deposited shall be deemed to be a document so deposited; and every document purporting to be certified by the registrar of companies to be a copy of a document so deposited shall be deemed to be a copy of that document and shall be received in evidence as if it were the original document unless some variation between it and the original is proved.