The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 3 Amendment of subordinate legislation

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (No. 2) Regulations 1973

3.—(1) The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (No. 2) Regulations 1973(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5(1) for “other than Great Britain and Gibraltar” substitute “of Northern Ireland or”.

(3) In regulation 6(1)—

(a) after “other than” insert “Northern Ireland or”;

(b) for the words from “the territory in” to the end substitute “Great Britain, in accordance with the requirements on compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of vehicles in Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988.”.

(4) In regulation 7(3)(c)—

(a) after “a place not in” insert “Northern Ireland or”;

(b) omit “other than Gibraltar”.

(5) In regulation 8 omit “other than the United Kingdom and Gibraltar”.

Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003

4.—(1) Subject to regulation 1(4), the 2003 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) omit the following definitions—

(i) claims representative;

(ii) compensation body;

(iii) foreign compensation body;

(iv) MIB;

(v) second motor insurance directive;

(b) in the definitions of “European insurance policy” and “foreign information centre” omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(3) In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) MIIC is the information centre for the United Kingdom.”;

(b) omit paragraph (6).

(4) In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (b)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) insert “and”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (iv);

(b) in paragraph (c) for “derogation provided in Article 4(a) of the first motor insurance directive” substitute “exception in section 144(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or in paragraph (2)(a) or (aa) or paragraph (2A) of Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981”;

(c) in paragraph (d) omit the words from “(in” to “applicable)”.

(5) For regulation 7(1) substitute—

“(1) Every person who takes advantage of an exception in section 144(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or in paragraph (2)(a) or (aa) or paragraph (2A) Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to—

(a) use a motor vehicle on a road or other public place without there being in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person a UK insurance policy; or

(b) cause or permit any other person to use a motor vehicle on a road or other public place without there being in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person a UK insurance policy,

shall maintain a record of the information set out in Part 3 of the Schedule for the period specified in regulation 3(3).”.

(6) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (c).

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) insert “and”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (c);

(iii) in sub-paragraph (d) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

(7) Omit regulations 10 to 16.

(8) In Part 3 of the Schedule—

(a) for the heading substitute—

“Information to be Recorded by Users Taking Advantage of an Exception from the Requirement to hold Compulsory Third Party Motor Insurance”;

(b) for “Article 4(a) of the first motor insurance directive” substitute “section 144(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or paragraph (2)(a) or (aa) or paragraph (2A) of Article 90 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b) for “derogation” substitute “exception”.

(1)

S.I. 1973/2143, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/791, 2011/1043, 2012/1809.