C3C4Part VI Third-Party Liabilities

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Compulsory insurance or security against third-party risks

C1144 Exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance or security.

1

Section 143 of this Act does not apply to a vehicle owned by a person who has deposited and keeps deposited with the Accountant General of the Supreme Court the sum of F1£500,000, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control.

F21A

The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument substitute a greater sum for the sum for the time being specified in subsection (1) above.

1B

No order shall be made under subsection (1A) above unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

2

Section 143 does not apply—

C2a

to a vehicle owned—

i

by the council of a county or county district in England and Wales F3the Broads Authority, the Common Council of the City of London, the council of a London borough F4 a National Park authority, the Inner London Education Authority F5the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority,F6an authority established for an area in England by an order under section 207 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (joint waste authorities), or a joint authority (other than a police authority) established by Part IV of the M2Local Government Act 1985,

ii

by a F7council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in Scotland, or

iii

by a joint board or committee in England or Wales, or joint committee in Scotland, which is so constituted as to include among its members representatives of any such council,

at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control,

b

to a vehicle owned by a police authority F8or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police district, at a time when it is being driven under the owner’s control, or to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven for police purposes by or under the direction of a constable, or by a person employed by a police authority, F8. . ., or

ba

F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c

to a vehicle at a time when it is being driven on a journey to or from any place undertaken for salvage purposes pursuant to Part IX of the F10Merchant Shipping Act 1995,

C5d

F21to the use of a vehicle for the purpose of its being provided in pursuance of a direction under section 166(2)(b) of the M3Army Act 1955 or under the corresponding provision of the M4Air Force Act 1955,

F11da

to a vehicle owned by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 F12by a Primary Care Trust established under F13section 18 of the National Health Service Act 2006F14or by a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control.

db

to an ambulance owned by a National Health Service trust established under F15section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, at a time when a vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control

F16dc

to an ambulance owned by an NHS foundation trust, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control,

e

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State F17or the Welsh Ministers to any person, body or local authority in pursuance of F18section 12 or 80 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or section 10 or 38 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available,

f

to a vehicle which is made available by the Secretary of State to any local authority, education authority or voluntary organisation in Scotland in pursuance of section 15 or 16 of the M1National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 at a time when it is being used in accordance with the terms on which it is so made available.

F19g

to a vehicle owned by F20the Care Quality Commission, at a time when the vehicle is being driven under the owner’s control