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Yn ddilys o 25/02/2021
(1)A regulated person is in breach of this section if—
(a)the regulated person knows or has reason to suspect that a whiplash claim is being made,
(b)the regulated person does, or arranges or advises the doing of, an act mentioned in subsection (2), without first seeing appropriate evidence of the whiplash injury or injuries, and
(c)the regulated person is acting as such when the regulated person does, or arranges or advises the doing of, that act.
(2)The acts referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)inviting a person to offer a payment in settlement of the claim;
(b)offering a payment in settlement of the claim;
(c)making a payment in settlement of the claim;
(d)accepting a payment in settlement of the claim.
(3)The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision about what constitutes appropriate evidence of an injury for the purposes of this section.
(4)The regulations may in particular—
(a)specify the form of any evidence of an injury;
(b)specify the descriptions of persons who may provide evidence of an injury;
(c)require persons to be accredited for the purpose of providing evidence of an injury;
(d)make provision about accrediting persons, including provision for a person to be accredited by a body specified in the regulations.
(5)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
(6)In this section “whiplash claim” means a claim that consists only of, or so much of a claim as consists of, a claim for damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity caused by—
(a)one or more whiplash injuries suffered by a person on a particular occasion because of driver negligence and in relation to which section 3 applies, or
(b)a whiplash injury or injuries within paragraph (a) suffered by a person on a particular occasion and one or more minor psychological injuries suffered by the person on the same occasion as the whiplash injury or injuries.
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