Part IVU.K. Billeting and Requisitioning of Vehicles

Requisitioning of vehiclesU.K.

173 Liability of Crown for damage by vehicles being delivered for requisitioning.F2U.K.

The person using a vehicle for the purpose of its being furnished in pursuance of a direction under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and sixty-six of this Act shall be deemed, as respects any claim in respect of injury or damage to any other person or property, to be so using the vehicle as a servant of the Crown, [F1and section thirty-five of the M1Road Traffic Act 1930 (which relates to insurance against third party risks) shall not apply to the use of a vehicle for the said purpose].

Textual Amendments

F1Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F2Act: 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