INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 17B Transfer or amalgamation of insurance business
INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 17B
Transfer or amalgamation of insurance business(1) No part of the insurance business of a general insurer may be:
(a) transferred to another general insurer; or
(b) amalgamated with the business of another general insurer;
except under a scheme confirmed by the Federal Court.
Note: A transfer or amalgamation of an insurance business may also require approval under the Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991 .
(2) The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to a general insurer includes a reference to a body corporate that is authorised under this Act but has not begun to carry on insurance business in Australia.
(a) the terms of the agreement or deed under which the proposed transfer or amalgamation is carried out; and
(b) particulars of any other arrangements necessary to give effect to the scheme.
(4) Subsection (1) does not require that a transfer or amalgamation of insurance business be made under a scheme approved by the Federal Court if:
(a) immediately before the transfer or amalgamation, the insurance business is carried on outside Australia; and
(b) the transfer or amalgamation will result in the insurance
business being carried on outside Australia.