PART 1Whiplash

Settlement of whiplash claims

7Effect of rules against settlement before medical report

(1)

The relevant regulator must ensure that it has appropriate arrangements for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the restrictions imposed on regulated persons by section 6.

(2)

The relevant regulator may make rules for the purposes of subsection (1).

(3)

The rules may in particular provide that, in relation to anything done in breach of section 6, the relevant regulator may exercise any powers that the regulator would have in relation to anything done by the regulated person in breach of another restriction (subject to subsections (5) and (6)).

(4)

Where the relevant regulator is the Financial Conduct Authority, section 8 applies instead of subsections (1) to (3).

(5)

A breach of section 6—

(a)

does not make a person guilty of an offence, and

(b)

does not give rise to a right of action for breach of statutory duty.

(6)

A breach of section 6 does not make an agreement to settle the whiplash claim in question void or unenforceable.