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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

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Interpretation of Part I

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.

(2)“Commitment” means a commitment represented by contracts of insurance of a prescribed class.

(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.

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