The Motor Vehicles (Electronic Communication of Certificates of Insurance) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) Regulations

3.—(1) The Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1) before the definition of “company” insert—

““certificate delivered by electronic means” means a certificate delivered as described in Article 92(4A) of the Order;”; and

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the issue of a certificate of insurance shall be construed, in the case of a certificate delivered by electronic means, as a reference—

(a) in the case of a certificate transmitted as described in Article 92(4A)(a) of the Order, to its transmission in accordance with Article 92(4B) of that Order; and

(b) in the case of a certificate made available as described in Article 92(4A)(b) of the Order, to its being made available in accordance with Article 92(4C) of that Order.”.

(3) In regulation 3(3) (issue of certificates of insurance or security) after “shall be” omit “printed on the front or on the back”.

(4) In regulation 7(1)(2) (production of evidence of insurance or security on application for excise licences)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) after “a certificate of insurance,” insert “(other than one delivered by electronic means,)”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) a legible printed copy of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means; or”.

(5) In regulation 10 (return of certificates to issuing company) after “certificate of insurance” insert “(other than a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means)”.

(6) In regulation 11 (issue of fresh certificates) after “certificate of insurance” insert “(other than a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means)”.

(7) In Part II of Schedule 1 (provisions relating to the forms and completion of certificates)—

(a) in paragraph 1 after “Every certificate” insert “(except a certificate delivered by electronic means)”;

(b) in paragraph 2 omit “, either on the face or on the back thereof”;

(c) in paragraph 3 for “The whole of each form” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the whole of each form”;

(d) after paragraph 3 insert—

“3A.   In the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the items in each form as set out in Part 1 shall in each case appear in the order so set out and the certification shall be set out at the end of the form.”;

(e) in paragraph 4 for “The particulars to be inserted” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the particulars to be inserted”;

(f) in paragraph 6(2) omit “either on the face or on the back of the certificate”.

(1)

S.R. 1994 No. 46; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2007 No. 460

(2)

Regulation 7 was substituted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2007 No. 460