Road Traffic Act 1988

154 Duty to give information as to insurance F1 ... where claim made. E+W+S

(1) A person against whom a claim is made in respect of any such liability as is required to be covered by a policy of insurance under section 145 of this Act must, on demand by or on behalf of the person making the claim—

(a) state whether or not, in respect of that liability—

(i) he was insured by a policy having effect for the purposes of this Part of this Act F2 ... , or

[F3 (ii) he would have been so insured if the insurer had not avoided or cancelled the policy, and]

(b) if he was or would have been so insured F4 ... —

(i) give such particulars with respect to that policy F5 ... as were specified in any certificate of insurance F5 ... delivered in respect of that policy F6 ... under section 147 of this Act, or

(ii) where no such certificate was delivered under that section, give the following particulars, that is to say, the registration mark or other identifying particulars of the vehicle concerned, the number or other identifying particulars of the insurance policy issued in respect of the vehicle, the name of the insurer and the period of the insurance cover.

(2) If without reasonable excuse, a person fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) above, or wilfully makes a false statement in reply to any such demand as is referred to in that subsection, he is guilty of an offence.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 154 heading omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(2) (with reg. 5)

F2 Words in s. 154(1)(a)(i) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 5)

F3 S. 154(1)(a)(ii) substituted (1.11.2019) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 5)

F4 Words in s. 154(1)(b) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(3)(b)(i) (with reg. 5)

F5 Words in s. 154(1)(b)(i) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(3), (b)(ii)(aa) (with reg. 5)

F6 Words in s. 154(1)(b)(i) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(3)(b)(ii)(bb) (with reg. 5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 154 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)