The Disclosure of Vehicle Insurance Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Use of information provided by MIIC

4.—(1) The PSNI shall process information contained in any periodic data list and shall make the processed information available to the Chief Constable in a form that either—

(a) will enable the Chief Constable to further process the information in accordance with paragraph (2); or

(b) may be used directly by constables to assist them to determine if a vehicle has been used by a person who is not insured, contrary to Article 90 of the 1981 Order.

(2) The Chief Constable may arrange for the processed information received by him in accordance with paragraph (1) to be further processed into a form in which it may be used by constables to determine if a vehicle has been used by a person who is not insured, contrary to Article 90 of the 1981 Order.

(3) The further processing referred to in paragraph (2) may include comparing or combining the processed information with other information which may be available to the Chief Constable.

(4) A constable may use the processed information referred to in paragraph (1) or the further processed information referred to in paragraph (2) to determine whether to use his powers under Article 180 of the 1981 Order(1) to require a person to produce evidence that a motor vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of Part VIII of the 1981 Order.

(5) Information provided by the PSNI in accordance with paragraph (1) shall not be disclosed further than is permitted by this regulation except where the disclosure is made in respect of the contravention of the 1981 Order or of legislation made under it.

(1)

Article 180 was amended by S.I. 1989 No. 1341 (N.I. 12), Article 90 and Part I of Schedule 7, S.I. 1991 No. 197 (N.I. 3), Article 9 and Part II of Schedule 5, S.I. 1995 No. 2994 (N.I. 18), Article 112 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 3, S.I. 1996 No. 1320 (N.I. 10), Article 97 and paragraph 21of Part I of Schedule 3, S.R. 1996 No. 426, regulation 3 and paragraph 23 of Schedule 1, 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), section 16(4), S.R. 2000 No. 331, regulation 3, S.I. 2003 No. 2903 (N.I. 16), Article 7 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1, S.I. 2004 No. 1990 (N.I. 14), Article 2(4)