Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022
| Year | 2022 |
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Act 2022
2022 Chapter 25
An Act to amend retained EU law relating to compulsory insurance for the use of motor vehicles; and for connected purposes.
[28 April 2022]
e it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Retained EU law relating to compulsory insurance for motor vehicles
After section 156 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 insert—
“
156A
(1) To the extent that Article 3 of the 2009 Motor Insurance Directive (as it had effect at any time) is relevant to any question as to the interpretation or effect of any provision of this Part, references in that Article to liability in respect of the use of vehicles are to be read as not including liability in respect of the use in Great Britain of vehicles—
(a)
(a) other than motor vehicles, or
(b)
(b) otherwise than on a road or other public place.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any question for the purposes of section 145(3)(aa) or (b) as to the interpretation or effect of the law on compulsory insurance of, or applicable in, a member State or Northern Ireland.
(3) Relevant section 4 rights cease to be recognised and available so far as they relate to compensation in connection with the use in Great Britain of vehicles—
(a)
(a) other than motor vehicles, or
(b)
(b) otherwise than on a road or other public place.
(4) Accordingly, to the extent that it is inconsistent with subsection (1) or (3), retained case law ceases to have effect.
(5) In this section—
“” means Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability;
“” means section 4 rights which—(a) are recognised and available in the law of England and Wales or the law of Scotland, and(b) derive from the obligation imposed on the United Kingdom by Article 10 of the 2009 Motor Insurance Directive as it had effect immediately before IP completion day (which relates to compensation in connection with the use of vehicles in cases where drivers are uninsured or untraced);
“” has the same meaning as in the European...
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