The Motor Vehicles (Electronic Communication of Certificates of Insurance) Order 2010

PART 2 Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972

Preliminary

7.  The Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972(1) are amended as follows.

Issue of certificates of insurance

8.  In regulation 4 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1), after the definition of “the Act”, insert—

““a certificate delivered by electronic means” means a certificate delivered as described in section 147(1A)(a) or (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;”; and

(b) after paragraph (4), add—

“(5) Any reference in these Regulations to the issue of a certificate of insurance shall be construed, in the case of a certificate delivered by electronic means, as a reference—

(a) in the case of a certificate transmitted as described in section 147(1A)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, to its transmission in accordance with section 147(1B) of that Act;

(b) in the case of a certificate made available as described in section 147(1A)(b) of that Act, to its being made available in accordance with section 147(1C) of that Act.”.

9.  In regulation 5 (issue of certificates of insurance or security), in paragraph (3), for “have printed thereon or on the back thereof” substitute “contain”.

Production of evidence of insurance on application for excise licences

10.  In regulation 9 (production of evidence of insurance or security on application for excise licences), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “a certificate of insurance, certificate of security or duplicate copy of a certificate of security” substitute “a certificate of insurance, other than one delivered by electronic means, a certificate of security, or a duplicate copy of a certificate of security,”; and

(b) before sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“(aa) a legible printed copy of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means; or”.

Return of non-electronically-delivered certificates to issuing company

11.  In regulation 12 (return of certificates to issuing company)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “The following provisions shall apply” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the following provisions shall apply”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for “In any case where” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, in any case where”.

Issue of fresh (non-electronically-delivered) certificates

12.  In regulation 13 (issue of fresh certificates), after “certificate of insurance” insert “(other than a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means)”.

Printing of certificates

13.—(1) Part 2 of the schedule is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1, after “Every certificate” insert “(except a certificate delivered by electronic means)”.

(3) In paragraph 2, omit “, either on the face or on the back thereof”.

(4) In paragraph 3, for “The whole of each form” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the whole of each form”.

(5) After paragraph 3, insert—

“3A.   In the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the items in each form as set out in Part 1 of this Schedule shall in each case appear in the order so set out and the certification shall be set out at the end of the form.”.

(6) In paragraph 4, for “The particulars to be inserted” substitute “Except in the case of a certificate of insurance delivered by electronic means, the particulars to be inserted”.

(7) In paragraph 6(2), omit “either on the face or on the back of the certificate”.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1217; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1973/1821, 1974/792, 1974/2187, 1981/1567, 1992/1283, 1997/97, 1999/2392 and 2001/2266.