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INSURANCE COMPANIES ACTInformation Technology Activities (Property and Casualty Companies and Marine Companies) RegulationsP.C.2003-188 20032
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Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to sections 501a and 1021b of the Insurance Companies Actc, hereby makes the annexed Information Technology Activities (Property and Casualty Companies) Regulations.S.C. 2001, c. 9, s. 426S.C. 2001, c. 9, s. 465S.C. 1991, c. 47INTERPRETATION
DefinitionsThe following definitions apply in these Regulations.ActLoiAct means the Insurance Companies Act.balance sheet valuevaleur au bilanbalance sheet value, in respect of the shares and ownership interests held by an entity, means the value reported on its balance sheet on an unconsolidated basis.book value[Repealed, SOR/2008-168, s. 25]member of a company’s groupmembre du groupe d’une sociétémember of a company’s group has the same meaning as in subsection 490(2) of the Act. member of a property and casualty company's group[Repealed, SOR/2009-296, s. 37]
  • SOR/2008-168, s. 25;
  • SOR/2009-296, s. 37.
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PRESCRIBED PURPOSE OR CIRCUMSTANCE
Prescribed purpose or circumstanceFor the purposes of subparagraph 441(1)(d.1)(iii) of the Act, the prescribed purpose or the prescribed circumstance, in the case of a property and casualty company or a marine company, is a purpose or circumstance that is materially related to the provision of financial products or services by the company or a member of the company’s group.
  • SOR/2009-296, s. 38.
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INVESTMENTS
Prescribed activityFor the purposes of paragraph 495(4)(f) of the Act and subject to subsections (2) and (3), a prescribed activity in relation to an entity is designing, developing, holding, managing, manufacturing, selling or otherwise dealing with any data transmission system, information site, communication device or information platform or portal that is used to provide information services.Limit on size of investmentNeither a property and casualty company nor a marine company may acquire control of, or hold, acquire or increase a substantial investment in, an entity engaging in an activity described in subsection (1) if the sum of the following exceeds 5% of the company’s regulatory capital:the aggregate balance sheet value of the shares and ownership interests that the company and its subsidiaries, whether individually or jointly, would acquire in the entity under paragraph 495(4)(f) of the Act,the aggregate balance sheet value of the shares and ownership interests held by the company and its subsidiaries, whether individually or jointly, in entities engaging in an activity described in subsection (1) that the company holds control of, or a substantial investment in, under paragraph 495(4)(f) of the Act, andthe aggregate value of outstanding loans made by the company and its subsidiaries, whether individually or jointly, to entities engaging in an activity described in subsection (1) that the company holds control of, or a substantial investment in, under paragraph 495(4)(f) of the Act.Restricted activitiesNeither a property and casualty company nor a marine company may acquire control of, or hold, acquire or increase a substantial investment in, an entity engaging in an activity described in subsection (1) if the entity engages in the business of accepting deposit liabilities or if the activities of the entity includeactivities that a company is not permitted to engage in under section 466 or 469 of the Act or that a property and casualty company or a marine company is not permitted to engage in under section 478 of the Act;any financial intermediary activity that exposes the entity to material market or credit risk, including the activities of a finance entity, a factoring entity and a financial leasing entity;the activities of a specialized financing entity;dealing in securities, except as may be permitted under paragraph 495(4)(e) of the Act or as may be permitted to a company under paragraph 440(2)(b) of the Act;dealing in goods, wares or merchandise that a company is not permitted to deal in under subsection 441(3) of the Act, other than as permitted under subsection (1);acquiring control of or acquiring or holding a substantial investment in another entity unlessin the case of an entity that is controlled by the property and casualty company or the marine company, the company itself would be permitted under Part IX of the Act to acquire a substantial investment in the other entity, orin the case of an entity that is not controlled by the property and casualty company or the marine company, the company itself would be permitted to acquire a substantial investment in the other entity under subsection 493(2), paragraph 493(3)(b) or (c) or subsection 495(1) or (4) of the Act; orany activity prescribed under paragraph 495(5)(e) of the Act.
  • SOR/2008-168, s. 26;
  • SOR/2009-296, s. 39.
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EXEMPTION FROM RESTRICTIONS ON INVESTMENTS
Exemption from restrictionsFor the purposes of subparagraph 3(3)(f)(ii), subsections 495(6) to (8) of the Act do not apply in determining whether a property and casualty company or a marine company would be permitted to acquire a substantial investment in an entity under subsection 493(2), paragraph 493(3)(b) or (c) or subsection 495(1) or (4) of the Act.
  • SOR/2009-296, s. 40.
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NON-APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION 495(7) OF THE ACT
Non-applicationSubsection 495(7) of the Act does not apply if, under paragraph 495(4)(f) of the Act, a property and casualty company or a marine company acquires control of, or acquires or increases a substantial investment in, an entity whose business is limited to activities described in subsection 3(1). Nothing in this section limits the operation of subsections 3(2) and (3).
  • SOR/2009-296, s. 40.
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COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into forceThese Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.