2 Conventions to have force of law.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, the Conventions shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom.
[F1(1A)The internal law for the purposes of Article 1(3) of the Rome Convention is whichever of the following are applicable, namely—
(a)the provisions of Schedule 3A to the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (law applicable to certain contracts of insurance with insurance companies), and
(b)the provisions of Schedule 20 to the Friendly Societies Act 1992 F2 as applied by subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a) of section 101 of that Act (law applicable to certain contracts of insurance with friendly societies).]
(2)Articles 7(1) and 10(1)(e) of the Rome Convention shall not have the force of law in the United Kingdom.
(3)Notwithstanding Article 19(2) of the Rome Convention, the Conventions shall apply in the case of conflicts between the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom.
(4)For ease of reference there are set out in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this Act respectively the English texts of—
(a)the Rome Convention;
(b)the Luxembourg Convention; and
(c)the Brussels Protocol.