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INSURANCE ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS ACT 1991 - SECT 6

Entering into an agreement or arrangement

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have proposed to enter into an agreement or arrangement if the person takes part   in, or proposes to take part   in, negotiations with a view to entering into the agreement or arrangement.

  (2)   A reference in this Act to entering into an agreement or arrangement includes a reference to altering or varying an agreement or arrangement.

  (3)   A reference in this Act to entering into an arrangement is a reference to entering into any formal or informal scheme, arrangement or understanding, whether expressly or by implication and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a reference to:

  (a)   entering into an agreement; or

  (b)   creating a trust, whether express or implied; or

  (c)   entering into a transaction;

and a reference in this Act to an arrangement is to be construed accordingly.

  (4)   A reference in this Act to an arrangement does not include a reference to a moneylending agreement.



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