Insurance Act, 2000

Amendment of Act of 1995: insertion of section 31A (Scope of Part IV).

29.—The Act of 1995 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following after section 31:

“Scope of Part IV.

31A.—(1) This Part (other than section 30) shall not apply to travel agents and tour operators licensed under the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982 , insofar as they are engaged in the placing of travel insurance or touring assistance contracts as part of, or in conjunction with, an overseas travel contract.

(2) In this section, ‘travel agent’, ‘tour operator’ and ‘overseas travel contract’ have the meanings assigned to them respectively by section 2 (1) of the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982 .”.