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PART 3U.K.Warranties and other terms

9Warranties and representationsU.K.

(1)This section applies to representations made by the insured in connection with—

(a)a proposed non-consumer insurance contract, or

(b)a proposed variation to a non-consumer insurance contract.

(2)Such a representation is not capable of being converted into a warranty by means of any provision of the non-consumer insurance contract (or of the terms of the variation), or of any other contract (and whether by declaring the representation to form the basis of the contract or otherwise).

10Breach of warrantyU.K.

(1)Any rule of law that breach of a warranty (express or implied) in a contract of insurance results in the discharge of the insurer's liability under the contract is abolished.

(2)An insurer has no liability under a contract of insurance in respect of any loss occurring, or attributable to something happening, after a warranty (express or implied) in the contract has been breached but before the breach has been remedied.

(3)But subsection (2) does not apply if—

(a)because of a change of circumstances, the warranty ceases to be applicable to the circumstances of the contract,

(b)compliance with the warranty is rendered unlawful by any subsequent law, or

(c)the insurer waives the breach of warranty.

(4)Subsection (2) does not affect the liability of the insurer in respect of losses occurring, or attributable to something happening—

(a)before the breach of warranty, or

(b)if the breach can be remedied, after it has been remedied.

(5)For the purposes of this section, a breach of warranty is to be taken as remedied—

(a)in a case falling within subsection (6), if the risk to which the warranty relates later becomes essentially the same as that originally contemplated by the parties,

(b)in any other case, if the insured ceases to be in breach of the warranty.

(6)A case falls within this subsection if—

(a)the warranty in question requires that by an ascertainable time something is to be done (or not done), or a condition is to be fulfilled, or something is (or is not) to be the case, and

(b)that requirement is not complied with.

(7)In the Marine Insurance Act 1906—

(a)in section 33 (nature of warranty), in subsection (3), the second sentence is omitted,

(b)section 34 (when breach of warranty excused) is omitted.

11Terms not relevant to the actual lossU.K.

(1)This section applies to a term (express or implied) of a contract of insurance, other than a term defining the risk as a whole, if compliance with it would tend to reduce the risk of one or more of the following—

(a)loss of a particular kind,

(b)loss at a particular location,

(c)loss at a particular time.

(2)If a loss occurs, and the term has not been complied with, the insurer may not rely on the non-compliance to exclude, limit or discharge its liability under the contract for the loss if the insured satisfies subsection (3).

(3)The insured satisfies this subsection if it shows that the non-compliance with the term could not have increased the risk of the loss which actually occurred in the circumstances in which it occurred.

(4)This section may apply in addition to section 10.

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