Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000
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2000 No. 726
ROAD TRAFFIC
The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000
Made 10th March 2000
Laid before Parliament 13th March 2000
Coming into force 3rd April 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to compulsory insurance in respect of, and other means of providing for, civil liability in relation to motor vehicles and trailers, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:–
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.
Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in respect of motor insurance requirements
2.—(1) The Road Traffic Act 19883is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) below.
(2) In section 143 (users of motor vehicles to be insured or secured against third party risks)–
(a)
(a) in subsection (1)(a), after “road” there shall be inserted “or other public place”;
(b)
(b) in subsection (1)(b), after “road” there shall be inserted “or other public place”.
(3) In section 145(3)(a) (requirements in respect of policies of insurance), after “road” there shall be inserted “or other public place”.
(4) In section 146(4) (requirements in respect of securities), after “road ” there shall be inserted “or other public place”.
(5) In section 165(1)(b) (obligation to provide name and address and produce documents to constable), after “road” there shall be inserted “or other public place”.
(6) In section 170 (duty to stop and report accident)–
(a)
(a) in subsection (1), after “on a road” there shall be inserted “ or other public place”,
(b)
(b) in subsection (1)(b)(iii), after “the road” there shall be inserted “ or place”.
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
10th March 2000
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Council Directive 72/166/EEC(OJNo. L103, 2.5.72, p. 2), as modified by Council Directives 84/5/EEC(OJNo. L8, 11.1.84, p. 17) and 90/232/EEC(OJNo. L129, 19.5.90, p. 33) requires a Member State to take all appropriate measures to ensure that civil liability in respect...
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