Central Bank Act 1942
F396[Application of Part to insurance holding companies and mixed financial holding companies
33ANF.— (1) This Part applies in relation to—
(a) the commission or suspected commission by an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company of a contravention of—
(i) a provision of Part 17 of the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 or any other provision of those Regulations as applied to the insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company by that Part,
(ii) any direction given to an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company under a provision referred to in subparagraph (i) or any direction given under financial services legislation to the insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company pursuant to a provision referred to in subparagraph (i),
(iii) any requirement imposed on an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company under a provision referred to in subparagraph (i), under any direction given to an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company under a provision referred to in subparagraph (i), or under any direction given under financial services legislation to the insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company pursuant to a provision referred to in subparagraph (i), or
(iv) any obligation imposed on an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company by this Part or imposed by the Bank pursuant to a power exercised under this Part, F397[…]
(b) F398[participation by a person, while concerned] in the management of an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company, in the commission of such a F399[contravention, and]
F400[(c) the commission or suspected commission by an administrator or liquidator of a contravention of —
(i) a provision of Regulation 299A of the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015),
(ii) any requirement imposed by the Bank under —
(I) Part 3 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (No. 26 of 2013),
(II) this Part, or
(III) the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015),
(iii) any obligation imposed on an administrator or liquidator by this Part or imposed by the Bank pursuant to a power exercised under this Part.]
F399[(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) —
(a) a reference in this Part to a regulated financial service provider or a financial service provider includes a reference to an investment holding company, a mixed financial holding company, a mixed activity holding company or a parent undertaking,
(b) a reference in this Part to a prescribed contravention includes a reference to a contravention, by an investment holding company, a mixed financial holding company, a mixed activity holding company or a parent undertaking, of a provision, direction, requirement or obligation referred to in subsection (1), and
(c) a reference in this Part to performing a controlled function in relation to a regulated financial service provider includes a reference to being concerned in the management of an investment holding company, a mixed financial holding company, a mixed activity holding company or a parent undertaking.]
F401[(2A) References in subsections (1) and (2) to an insurance holding company or mixed financial holding company do not include references to a regulated financial service provider which is such a company.]
(3) F402[…]
F399[(4) In this section, "administrator", "insurance holding company", "liquidator" and "mixed financial holding company" have the meaning assigned to them, respectively, in the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015.]]
Annotations
Amendments:
F396
Inserted (1.01.2016) by European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015), reg. 311(3), in operation as per reg. 1(2), subject to exception in reg. 1(3).
F397
Deleted (10.02.2026) by European Union (European Single Access Point) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 33 of 2026), reg. 15(1)(b)(i)(I).
F398
Substituted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(a), S.I. No. 176 of 2023.
F399
Substituted (10.02.2026) by European Union (European Single Access Point) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 33 of 2026), reg. 15(1)(b)(i)(II), (ii), (iii).
F400
Inserted (10.02.2026) by European Union (European Single Access Point) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 33 of 2026), reg. 15(1)(b)(i)(III).
F401
Inserted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(c), S.I. No. 176 of 2023.
F402
Deleted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(d), S.I. No. 176 of 2023.
Editorial Notes:
E194
Previous affecting provision: subs. (2)(c) substituted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(b), S.I. No. 176 of 2023; subsection substituted (10.02.2026) as per F-note above.
