Army Act 1955 (repealed) (c. 18)

Part IV U.K. Billeting and Requisitioning of Vehicles

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. IV extended by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), s. 142

Requisitioning of vehicles U.K.

173 Liability of Crown for damage by vehicles being delivered for requisitioning.F2 U.K.

The person using a vehicle for the purpose of its being furnished in pursuance of a direction underparagraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and sixty-six of this Act shall be deemed, asrespects any claim in respect of injury or damage to any other person or property, to be so using thevehicle as a servant of the Crown, [F1 and section thirty-five of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1930 (whichrelates to insurance against third-party risks) shall not apply to the use of a vehicle for the saidpurpose.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M1 1930 c. 43.

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F2 Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2