(a) An insurer will be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of the Act to the extent the insurer reasonably relied on Interim Guidance prior to the effective date of applicable regulations.
(b) For purposes of this section, Interim Guidance means the following documents, which are also available from the Department of the Treasury at http://www.treasury.gov/trip:
(1) Interim Guidance I issued by Treasury on December 3, 2002, and published at 67 FR 76206 (December 11, 2002);
(2) Interim Guidance II issued by Treasury on December 18, 2002, and published at 67 FR 78864 (December 26, 2002);
(3) Interim Guidance III issued by Treasury on January 22, 2003, and published at 68 FR 4544 (January 29, 2003);
(4) Interim Guidance IV issued by Treasury on December 29, 2005, and published at 71 FR 648 (January 5, 2006); and
(5) Interim Guidance issued by Treasury on January 22, 2008, and published at 73 FR 5264 (January 29, 2008). [71 FR 27570, May 11, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 53364, Sept. 16, 2008]