Policyholders Protection Act 1997

10(1)Section 17 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (4)—

(a)at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to subsection (4A) below,”, and

(b)for “was a United Kingdom policy at the relevant time as defined by section 16(6) above” there shall be substituted “is a qualifying policy”.

(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted—

(4A)The duty of the Board under subsection (4) above shall not apply if the policy does not relate to a protected commitment.