156 Power to require evidence of insurance F1... on application for vehicle excise licence.E+W+S
Provision may be made by regulations under [F2section 57 of the Vehicle Excise and RegistrationAct 1994] for requiring a person applying for a licence under that Act in respect of a motor vehicle to produce such evidence as may be prescribed that either—
(a)on the date when the licence comes into operation there will be in force the necessary policy of insurance F3... in relation to the use of the vehicle by the applicant or by other persons on his order or with his permission, or
(b)the vehicle is a vehicle to which section 143 of this Act does not apply at a time when it is being driven under the owner’s control.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 156 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. 19(2) (with reg. 5)
F2Words in s. 156 substituted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(2), Sch. 3 para. 24(5) (with s. 57(4))
F3Words in s. 156(a) 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. 19(3) (with reg. 5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 156 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)