As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1999
Registration Nos. 333-47219
No. 811-08677
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C 20549
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FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. _5
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X]
Amendment No. 6
SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA-6NY
(Exact Name of Registrant)
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Name of Depositor)
100 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, PURCHASE, NEW YORK 10577
(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (914) 701-6000
Name and Address of Agent for Service: Copy to:
JAMES W. DEDERER, ESQ. FREDERICK R. BELLAMY, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN, L.L.P.
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE 1275 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
COMPANY OF NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004-2404
100 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD
PURCHASE, NEW YORK 10577
Approximate date of proposed public offering: AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
Title of securities being registered: Interests in a separate account under
flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
____immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x on December 8, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b)
___60days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
___on _ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
If appropriate, check the following box:
x this Post-Effective Amendment designates a
new effective date for a previously filed
Post-Effective Amendment.
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Incorporating by reference Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 File No. 333-47219
(Filed July 30, 1999) to this Registration Statement on Form N-4, the Cross
Reference Page, Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, and Part C.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Transamerica
Life Insurance Company of New York certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 5 to the Registration Statement meets all of the requirements for
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has
duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 5th day of November, 1999.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT VA-6NY TRANSAMERICA
OF TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (DEPOSITOR)
OF NEW YORK
(REGISTRANT)
BY:______________________________________
William M. Hurst
Assistant Secretary
As Required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 5 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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__________________________* Chairman and Director November 5, 1999
Nooruddin S. Veerjee
_________________________ * President and Director November 5, 1999
Alan T. Cunningham
___________________________* Senior Vice President, November 5, 1999
Robert Rubinstein Chief Actuary, Chief Operating
Officer, Secretary and Director
___________________________* Vice President - Administration November 5, 1999
Alexander Smith and Controller
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
Marc C. Abrahms
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
James T. Byrne, Jr.
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
John Fibiger
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
James B. Roszak
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
Daniel E. Jund
___________________________* Director November 5, 1999
Thomas P. O'Neill
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On November 5, 1999 as Attorney -in-Fact pursuant to powers of attorney
previously filed and filed herewith, and in his own capacity as Assistant
Secretary.
*By: William M. Hurst