Road Traffic Act 1960

202 Exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security

(1) The last foregoing section shall not apply to a vehicle owned by a person who has deposited and keeps deposited with the Accountant General of the Supreme Court for and on behalf of the Supreme Court the sum of fifteen thousand pounds, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner's control.

(2) The last foregoing section shall not apply—

(a) to a vehicle owned by the council of a county, county borough or county district in England or Wales, the Common Council of the City of London, the council of a metropolitan borough, a county, town or district council in Scotland, or by a joint board or joint committee in England or Wales, or joint committee in Scotland, which is so constituted as to include among its members representatives of any such council, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner's control;

(b) to a vehicle owned by a police authority or the Receiver for the metropolitan police district, at a time when it is being driven under the owner's control, or to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven for police purposes by or under the direction of a police constable, or by a person employed by a police authority, or employed by the said Receiver; or

(c) to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven on a journey to or from any place undertaken for salvage purposes pursuant to Part IX of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894;

(d) to the use of a vehicle for the purpose of its being furnished in pursuance of a direction under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and sixty-six of the Army Act, 1955, or under the corresponding provision of the Air Force Act, 1955.

(3) In the application of this section to England and Wales " police authority" has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Act, 1921, and in the application of this section to Scotland that expression has the same meaning as in the Police (Scotland) Act, 1956.