101 Periodical payments: security

101  Periodical payments: security

(1)     For sections 4 and 5 of the Damages Act 1996 (c 48) (enhanced protection for structured settlement annuitant) substitute—

“4 Enhanced protection for periodical payments

(1)     Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)     a person has a right to receive periodical payments, and

(b)     his right is protected by a scheme under section 213 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (compensation), but only as to part of the payments.

(2)     The protection provided by the scheme shall extend by virtue of this section to the whole of the payments.

(3)     Subsection (4) applies where—

(a)     one person (“the claimant”) has a right to receive periodical payments from another person (“the defendant”),

(b)     a third person (“the insurer”) is required by or in pursuance of an arrangement entered into with the defendant (whether or not together with other persons and whether before or after the creation of the claimant's right) to make payments in satisfaction of the claimant's right or for the purpose of enabling it to be satisfied, and

(c)     the claimant's right to receive the payments would be wholly or partly protected by a scheme under section 213 of the Financial Services and Markets

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