(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Law Applicable to Contracts of Insurance) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 17th December 2009.

(2) In these Regulations -

"the 2001 Regulations" means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Law Applicable to Contracts of Insurance) Regulations 2001 [S.I. 2001/2635, amended by S.I. 2001/3542 and S.I. 2007/2403.];

"the Rome I Regulation" means Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) [OJ L 177, 4.7.2008, p. 6.], as that Regulation has effect as retained direct EU legislation, unless the contractual obligations are ones in respect of which Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 has effect by virtue of Article 66 of the EU withdrawal agreement, in which case it means that Regulation as it has effect by virtue of that Article.

(3) Expressions used in regulations 4 and 5 and in the Rome I Regulation have the same meaning as in the Rome I Regulation unless the context requires otherwise.