Commentary General Section 82: Interpretation
286.Subsection (1) provides a definition of “insurer” for the whole of Part 4 of the Act. Subsection (2) enables the Secretary of State to make regulations to amend that definition.
287.Subsection (3) enables the Secretary of State to define “relevant insurer” in regulations for the purposes of this Part, after consulting with appropriate persons as set out in subsection (4).
288.Subsection (5) enables the Secretary of State to make definitions in regulations for the purposes of the provisions about the FR Scheme for “flood”, “flood risk” and “household premises”.
289.Subsection (6) enables the Secretary of State to make definitions in regulations for the purpose of the provisions about the Flood Insurance Obligation. One of the terms that can be defined in regulations under subsection (6) is “flood”.
290.Subsection (7) enables the regulations to make provision about the meaning of “flood” for both the FR Scheme and the Flood Insurance Obligation that distinguish between the possible causes of flooding.
291.Subsection (8) defines the terms “FCA”, “PRA”, “registered premises” and “risk band”.