Section 19 — Fatal Accidents and Personal Injuries Act

(1)

Nothing in this Part shall affect any case where the debt in question became due or (as the case may be) the damage in question occurred before the date on which this Act comes into force.

(2)

A person is not entitled to recover contribution or is not liable to make contribution in accordance with section 14 by reference to any liability based on breach of any obligation assumed by him before the date on which this Act comes into force.

(3)

The right to recover contribution in accordance with section 14

supersedes any right, other than an express contractual right, to recover contribution (as distinct from indemnity) otherwise than under this Part in corresponding circumstances ; but nothing in this Part shall affect —

(a)

any express or implied contractual or other right to indemnity;

or

(b)

any express contractual provision regulating or excluding contribution, which would be enforceable apart from this Part (or render enforceable any agreement for indemnity or contribution which would not be enforceable apart from this Part).