http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/154Road Traffic Act 1988An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to road traffic with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.1988-11-15texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-01-01Expert Participation2026-01-01 Part VI Third-Party Liabilities<CommentaryRef Ref="key-46b8cbf364269d1a490d4d1c2678212a"/> Compulsory insurance ... Duty to give information as to insurance <CommentaryRef Ref="key-2d604ca7e9dee0e50dd8fe853bfb8738"/>... where claim made.1541A 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—astate whether or not, in respect of that liability—ihe was insured by a policy having effect for the purposes of this Part of this Act ... , oriihe would have been so insured if the insurer had not avoided or cancelled the policy, andbif he was or would have been so insured ... —igive such particulars with respect to that policy ... as were specified in any certificate of insurance ... delivered in respect of that policy ... under section 147 of this Act, oriiwhere 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.2If 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.S. 154 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)Pt. VI: power to modify conferred (E.W.) by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49, SIF 113:2), ss. 23(4), 27(5) (as amended by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 18(1)(2))Pt. VI modified (16.8.2006) by The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2167), art. 27Words in s. 143 cross-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. 5 (with reg. 5)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)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)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)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)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)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)