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.