Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2003/37
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 19th January 2003.
  • (1) In these Regulations—the territory of the state of which the vehicle bears a registration plate, orin cases where no registration is required for the type of vehicle but the vehicle bears an insurance plate or a distinguishing sign analogous to a registration plate, the territory of the state in which the insurance plate or the sign is issued, orin cases where neither registration plate nor insurance plate nor distinguishing sign is required for the type of vehicle, the territory of the state in which the keeper of the vehicle is permanently resident.(1) MIIC is approved as the information centre for the United Kingdom for the purposes of the fourth motor insurance directive (2) The information centre shall establish a means of access to the specified information in a manner whereby it can co-ordinate and disseminate that information for the purposes of these Regulations.in the case of the information specified in regulation 4(a) , (c) and (d) , the date on which the vehicle ceases to be registered under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, andin the case of the information specified in regulation 4(b) , the day immediately following the date of expiry of the policy of insurance to which that information relates.(4) Where the information necessary to enable the information centre to respond to a request from a person under regulation 9 does not form part of the specified information, the information centre shall obtain from the foreign information centre of the territory in which the vehicle is normally based such information as may from time to time be required so as to enable the information centre to comply with regulation 9.(5) Where the information centre is satisfied that a valid request for the name and address of the registered keeper of a vehicle has been made to it pursuant to regulation 9 it shall immediately seek the information from the Secretary of State.(6) The information centre shall co-operate with every foreign information centre to the extent necessary to enable those centres to discharge their functions under the fourth motor insurance directive.
  • a list of all vehicles normally based in the United Kingdom the names and addresses of their registered keepers and the registration marks assigned to them by the Secretary of State;
  • the number of the policy,
  • the name of the policyholder,
  • the name and address of the insurer,
  • the names and addresses of that insurer’s claims representatives, and
  • the period during which the use of the vehicle is insured under that contract;
  • a list of all vehicles which take advantage of the derogation provided in Article 4(a) of the first motor insurance directive (so that they may lawfully be used on a road or other public place in the United Kingdom without there being in force any policy of insurance) , and the registration marks assigned to them;
  • the name and address of the person or body designated as responsible for compensating an injured party (in cases where the procedure provided for in the first indent of Article 2(2) of the first motor insurance directive is not applicable) if an accident is caused by or arises out of the use of a vehicle named in the list kept under sub-paragraph (c) .
  • (1) Every insurer shall maintain a record of the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations for the period specified in regulation 3(3) .(2) Where the information centre so requests an insurer shall supply to it immediately such of that information as may be specified in that request in respect of any UK insurance policy to which that insurer is or was a party.shall be supplied in the manner specified in the request, orwhere no manner of supply is specified in the request, may be supplied in any manner except orally.(4) An insurer shall not be obliged by virtue of this regulation to maintain a record or to supply information if he has used his best endeavours to obtain such information from his insured and the insured has failed or refused to supply the information to the insurer.(5) Where the information centre so requests, an insurer shall immediately supply to it the name and address of every policyholder to whom it has issued an open cover contract in respect of such period as may be specified in that request.(1) Every policyholder who has entered into an open cover contract with an insurer shall maintain in respect of that contract a record of the information set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations for the period specified in regulation 3(3) .(2) Where the information centre so requests, any such policyholder shall supply to it immediately so much of the information set out in Part 2 of the Schedule as may be specified in that request in respect of any open cover contract to which he is or was a party.(3) Every policyholder who has entered into an open cover contract of the type specified in Part 1 of the Schedule with an insurer shall immediately supply to that insurer the information described in Part 1 of the Schedule.(4) Where any detail of the information set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations changes in respect of any open cover contract, the policyholder shall notify the insurer of the changed details immediately.shall be supplied in the manner specified in the request, orwhere no manner of supply is specified in the request, may be supplied in any manner except orally.(1) Every person who takes advantage of the derogation provided in Article 4(a) of the first motor insurance directive in respect of any vehicle normally based in the United Kingdom shall maintain a record of the information set out in Part 3 of the Schedule for the period specified in regulation 3(3) .(2) Every such person shall supply immediately to the information centre the information set out in Part 3 of the Schedule in respect of any vehicle for which that person is or was the user for more than 14 days.(3) Where the information centre so requests, every such person shall supply to it immediately so much of the information set out in Part 3 of the Schedule as may be specified in that request in

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