Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019
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Scope of Act | ||
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2. (1) Except where otherwise provided, each provision of this Act applies to life and non-life contracts of insurance entered into, and variations to such contracts of insurance agreed, between an insurer and a consumer after the commencement of the provision concerned. | ||
(2) This Act does not alter or affect any rights or obligations concerning or arising from— | ||
(a) a contract of reinsurance, | ||
(b) a contract of insurance that falls within class 1(d), 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 or 12 referred to in Schedule 1 to the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015), | ||
(c) a contract of insurance involving a special purpose vehicle within the meaning of the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 485 of 2015 ), or | ||
(d) the duties of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland in the conduct of its activities in relation to sections 19 to 21. | ||
(3) No provision of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 applies to a contract of insurance to which this Act applies. | ||
(4) No provision of the Life Assurance Act 1774 , as extended to Ireland by the Life Insurance (Ireland) Act 1866 , applies to a contract of insurance to which this Act applies. |