1. These Regulations may be cited as the Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 15 Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 1st November 2000.

2. Section 716(1) of the Companies Act 1985 does not prohibit the formation, for the purpose of carrying on practice as actuaries, of a partnership consisting of persons the majority of whom are either Fellows of the Institute of Actuaries or of the Faculty of Actuaries, or full actuary members of one or more of the associations listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3. The Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 11 Regulations 1996( 2 ) are hereby revoked.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

• Aktuarvereinigung Österreichs

• Association des Actuaires de Bretagne

• Association des Actuaires Diplômés de L'ISFA

• Association of Greek Actuaries

• Association Royale des Actuaires Belges/Koninklijke Vereniging van Belgische Aktuarissen

• Association Luxembourgeoise des Actuaires

• Col.legi d'Actuaris de Catalunya

• Den Danske Aktuarforening

• Den Norske Aktuarforening

• Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung

• Felag Islenskra Tryggingast Aerdfraedinga

• Het Actuarieel Genootschap

• Instituto de Actuarios Españoles

• Institut des Actuaires Francçais

• Instituto dos Actuarios Portugueses

• Istituto Italiano degli Attuari

• Society of Actuaries in Ireland

• Suomen Aktuaariyhdistys

• Svenska Aktuarieföreningen

• Union Strasbourgeoise des Actuaires