C3C4 Part VI Third-Party Liabilities

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F3 Compulsory insurance ...

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C2143C1 Users of motor vehicles to be insured F4... .

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Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act—

a

a person must not use a motor vehicle on a road F1or other public place unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person such a policy of insurance F5... as complies with the requirements of this Part of this Act, and

b

a person must not cause or permit any other person to use a motor vehicle on a road F2or other public place unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that other person such a policy of insurance F6... as complies with the requirements of this Part of this Act.

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If a person acts in contravention of subsection (1) above he is guilty of an offence.

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A person charged with using a motor vehicle in contravention of this section shall not be convicted if he proves—

a

that the vehicle did not belong to him and was not in his possession under a contract of hiring or of loan,

b

that he was using the vehicle in the course of his employment, and

c

that he neither knew nor had reason to believe that there was not in force in relation to the vehicle such a policy of insurance F7... as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.

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This Part of this Act does not apply to invalid carriages.