The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Information Centre and Compensation Body) Regulations 2003

Supply of information by the information centre U.K.

9.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) an accident, caused by or arising out of the use of a vehicle which is normally based in an EEA State, occurs in the United Kingdom;

(b) an accident, caused by or arising out of the use of a vehicle, occurs on the territory of—

(i) an EEA State F1 ..., or

(ii) a subscribing state,

and that vehicle is normally based in the United Kingdom;

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Where this regulation applies, an injured party may request the information centre to provide to him the information described in paragraph (4) in respect of every vehicle involved in the accident which is normally based in an EEA State.

(3) The information centre shall provide the information requested if the request is—

(a) made in writing,

(b) received by the information centre no later than seven years after the date of the accident, and

(c) contains sufficient information to identify the vehicle in respect of which the information is being sought.

(4) The information which may be requested in respect of a vehicle is—

(a) the name and address of any insurer who has issued a UK insurance policy or European insurance policy covering the use of that vehicle at the time the accident occurred;

(b) the number of that policy; [F3 and]

F4 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) where the information centre is satisfied that the injured party has a legitimate interest in obtaining that information, the name and address of the registered keeper of the vehicle or, where the territory in which the vehicle is normally based is an EEA State F5 ..., the person having custody of the vehicle.

(5) Where an injured party has requested information in respect of a vehicle which may lawfully be used on a road or other public place in the United Kingdom without there being in force a UK insurance policy, the information centre shall provide the injured party with the name and address of the person or body designated as responsible for compensating injured parties and referred to in regulation 4(d).

(6) The information centre shall provide information pursuant to this regulation in writing immediately after it receives the request.

(7) The information centre may charge a fee of not more than £10.00 for providing that information.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 9(1)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Reg. 9(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in reg. 9(4)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Reg. 9(4)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in reg. 9(4)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 4(6)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)