SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3A Law applicable to certain contracts of insurance
Supplementary provisions
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(1)
Subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, a court in a part of the United Kingdom shall apply the general rules of private international law of that part of the United Kingdom concerning contractual obligations.
(2)
In particular, reference shall be made to those rules—
(a)
to ascertain for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) and (4) what freedom of choice the parties have under the law of a part of the United Kingdom; and
(b)
to determine whether the mandatory rules of another member State should be applied in accordance with paragraph 3(1) where the law otherwise applicable is the law of a part of the United Kingdom.