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Section 2 Disclosure and representations before contract or variationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This section makes provision about disclosure and representations by a consumer to an insurer before a consumer insurance contract is entered into or varied.

(2)

It is the duty of the consumer to take reasonable care not to make a misrepresentation to the insurer.

(3)

A failure by the consumer to comply with the insurer's request to confirm or amend particulars previously given is capable of being a misrepresentation for the purposes of this Act (whether or not it could be apart from this subsection).

(4)

The duty set out in subsection (2) replaces any duty relating to disclosure or representations by a consumer to an insurer which existed in the same circumstances before this Act applied.

F1(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 2(5) omitted (12.8.2016) by virtue of Insurance Act 2015 (c. 4), ss. 14(4), 23(2) (with s. 22(1))

Commencement

I1

S. 2 in force at 6.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/450, art. 2