Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 as follows—

Regulation 3(1) is amended so as to remove the requirement that a company obtain the consent of the Department before it may issue one certificate of security to cover the use of more than ten motor vehicles and so as to enable the holder of the security to issue duplicate copies of the certificate without being limited by conditions determined by the Department.

Regulation 7 is amended—

(a) so as to permit a person who, under a contract, manages a fleet of not less than 250 motor vehicles owned by one person to apply for a licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 without complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of the regulation (which requires the production of evidence of insurance or security on an application for a vehicle licence), provided that the contract requires all vehicles in the fleet to be insured in accordance with the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; and

(b) so as to exempt an applicant for a vehicle licence under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 from the requirements of paragraph (1) of the regulation if specified conditions are complied with. The conditions are that the applicant must be covered by a policy issued by an insurer, who has entered into an agreement with the Department, whereby either the Department can verify from a data base maintained by the insurer, or the insurer confirms to the Department, that the necessary policy will be in force when the licence has effect.