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The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
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Liability of insurersN.I.
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16.—(1) If a compensation payment is made in a case where—
(a)a person is liable to any extent in respect of the injury, and
(b)the liability is covered to any extent by a policy of insurance,
the policy is also to be treated as covering any liability of that person under Article 3(2).
(2) Liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1) cannot be excluded or restricted.
(3) For that purpose excluding or restricting liability includes—
(a)making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions,
(b)excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability, or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy, or
(c)excluding or restricting rules of evidence or procedure.
(4) Regulations may in prescribed cases limit the amount of the liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1).
(5) This Article applies in relation to policies of insurance issued before (as well as those issued after) the date on which it comes into operation.
(6) References in this Article to policies of insurance and their issue include references to contracts of insurance and their making.
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I1Art. 16 wholly in force at 29.1.2007: art. 16 not in force at Royal Assent see art. 1(2); art. 16 in force for certain purposes at 4.12.2006 and wholly in force at 29.1.2007 for all other purposes by S.R. 2006/484, art. 2
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