Central Bank Act 1942

33ANF

F404[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, F405[]

(b) F406[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 F407[contravention, and]

F408[(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.]

F409[(2) For the purposes 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 insurance holding company, a mixed financial holding company, or an administrator or liquidator,

(b) a reference in this Part to a prescribed contravention includes a reference to a contravention, by an insurance holding company, mixed financial holding company, or an administrator or liquidator, 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 insurance holding company or a mixed financial holding company.]

F410[(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) F411[]

F407[(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:

F404

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).

F405

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).

F406

Substituted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(a), S.I. No. 176 of 2023.

F407

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), (iii).

F408

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).

F409

Substituted (15.06.2026) by European Union (European Single Access Point) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 322 of 2026), reg. 2.

F410

Inserted (19.04.2023) by Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (5/2023), s. 40(c), S.I. No. 176 of 2023.

F411

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:

E197

Previous affecting provision: subs. (2) 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)(ii); substituted (15.06.2026) as per F-note above.

E198

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 E-note above.