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INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 92Q

Security deposit

  (1)   Lloyd's must, within 28 days after the commencement of this section, deposit with APRA securities of the Commonwealth the value of which as at that commencement is not less than $2,000,000.

  (2)   If, at the end of a calendar year, the value of the securities deposited in accordance with this section falls short of $2,000,000, Lloyd's must, within 28 days after the end of that year, deposit with APRA securities of the Commonwealth the value of which as at the end of that year was not less than the amount of the shortfall.

  (3)   An obligation imposed on Lloyd's by subsection   (1) or (2) may be discharged by a company nominated in a written notice given by Lloyd's to APRA.

  (4)   The deposit of securities with APRA in accordance with this section is effective to transfer the legal and beneficial interest in the securities to the Commonwealth. APRA has custody of the securities for and on behalf of the Commonwealth.

Note:   See subsections   11(4) and (5) of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 .

  (5)   If interest is derived on securities deposited with APRA in accordance with this section, APRA must authorise the payment of an amount equal to that interest by the Commonwealth to:

  (a)   Lloyd's; or

  (b)   if a company nominated by Lloyd's deposited those securities--that company.

The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for payments under this subsection.

  (6)   If, at the end of a calendar year, the value of the securities deposited in accordance with this section exceeds $2,000,000, APRA must, after receiving a written request from Lloyd's, return to:

  (a)   Lloyd's; or

  (b)   if a company nominated by Lloyd's deposited those securities--that company;

such of those securities as APRA determines unless:

  (c)   a direction is in force under section   74 or 78; or

  (d)   a determination is in force under section   93; or

  (e)   a designated security trust fund is under judicial trusteeship.

The value of the returned securities as at the end of that year must be less than or equal to the amount of the excess.

  (7)   For the purposes of this section, if securities are listed on the official list of a securities exchange in Australia, the value of those securities at a particular time is a reference to the value of those securities on that day worked out by reference to that securities exchange and:

  (a)   by reference to:

  (i)   the sale of securities of the same class last recorded before that time by the securities exchange; or

  (ii)   the selling offer for securities of the same class last recorded before that time by the securities exchange;

    whichever is less; or

  (b)   by reference to the buying bid for securities of the same class last recorded before that time by the securities exchange;

whichever is greater.



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