LIFE INSURANCE (IRELAND) ACT 1866 LIFE INSURANCE (IRELAND) ACT 1866 - LONG TITLE An Act to amend the Law relating to Life Insurances in Ireland.{1} [28th June 1866] Preamble, which recites the Life Assurance Act 1774 (c.48), rep. by SLR 1893 LIFE INSURANCE (IRELAND) ACT 1866 - SECT 1 Extension of recited Act to Ireland. 1. The provisions of the said recited Act shall extend to Ireland. LIFE INSURANCE (IRELAND) ACT 1866 - SECT 2 Commencement. 2. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the first day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and shall apply to all policies of insurance upon lives entered into upon and after that date.