C3C4 Part VI Third-Party Liabilities

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Compulsory insurance or security against third-party risks

C1144 Exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security.

1

Section 143 of this Act does not apply to a vehicle owned by a person who has deposited and keeps deposited with the Accountant General of the F1Senior Courts the sum of F2£500,000, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control.

F31A

The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument substitute a greater sum for the sum for the time being specified in subsection (1) above.

1B

No order shall be made under subsection (1A) above unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

2

Section 143 does not apply—

C2a

to a vehicle owned—

i

by the council of a county or county district in England and Wales F4the Broads Authority, the Common Council of the City of London, the council of a London borough F5 a National Park authority, the Inner London Education Authority, F29a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004,F27F6the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority,F27the London Fire Commissioner,F26... F7, a joint authority F21... established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 or a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act,

ii

by a F8council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in Scotland F25or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service , or

iii

by a joint board or 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,

C5b

to a vehicle owned by F22a local policing body or a police authority F9or 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 constable, F23by a member of a police and crime commissioner's staff (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011), by a member of the staff of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of a police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a member of the civilian staff of the metropolitan police force (within the meaning of that Part of that Act), by a person employed by the Common Council of the City of London F28in its capacity as a police authority,F28by a police volunteer designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002, or by a person employed by a police authority, F9..., or

F10ba

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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 F11Merchant Shipping Act 1995,

F20d

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12da

to a vehicle owned by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 F24...F13or by a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control.

db

to an ambulance owned by a National Health Service trust established under F14section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, at a time when a vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control

F15dc

to an ambulance owned by an NHS foundation trust, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control,

e

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State F16or the Welsh Ministers to any person, body or local authority in pursuance of F17section 12 or 80 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or section 10 or 38 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available,

f

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State to any local authority, education authority or voluntary organisation in Scotland in pursuance of section 15 or 16 of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available.

F18g

to a vehicle owned by F19the Care Quality Commission, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control