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  5. Point in time
    2018-07-01

guarantee fund

      1. (1)12
        1. (a) subject to (1)(b), in relation to a firm carrying on general insurance business, the higher of one third of the general insurance capital requirement and the base capital resources requirement applicable to that firm;12
        1. (b) where the firm is required to calculate a UK MCR or an EEA MCR under212031 INSPRU 1.5,31 for the purposes of that section 15in (1)(a) the reference15 to the general insurance capital requirement is replaced by UK MCR or EEA MCR, as appropriate 12 , and the reference to the base capital resources requirement is replaced by the amount which is one half of the base capital resources requirement applicable to the firm set out in1531 GENPRU 2.1.30 R.31
      1. (2)12
        1. (a) subject to (2)(b), in relation to a firm carrying on long-term insurance business, the higher of one third of the long-term insurance capital requirement and the base capital resources requirement applicable to that firm;12
        1. (b) where the firm is required to calculate a UK MCR or an EEA MCR under INSPRU 1.520, for the purposes of that section 15in (2)(a) the reference15 to the long-term insurance capital requirement is replaced by UK MCR or EEA MCR, as appropriate12, and the reference to the base capital resources requirement is replaced by the amount which is one half of the base capital resources requirement applicable to the firm set out in2031 GENPRU 2.1.30 R 31 .15