PART VIThird-Party Liabilities
Supplementary
216Interpretation of Part VI
(1)
In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say,—
" authorised insurer " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (2) of section two hundred and three of this Act;
" hospital " means an institution, not being an institution carried on for profit, which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients;
" policy of insurance " includes a covering note ;
" prescribed " means prescribed by regulations;
" regulations " means regulations made under the last foregoing section;
" under the owner's control " means, in relation to a vehicle, that it is being driven by the owner or by a servant of the owner in the course of his employment or is otherwise subject to the control of the owner.
(2)
In any provision of this Part of this Act relating to the surrender, or the loss or destruction, of a certificate of insurance or certificate of security, references to such a certificate shall, in relation to policies or securities under which more than one certificate is issued, be construed as references to all the certificates and shall, where any copy has been issued of any certificate, be construed as including a reference to that copy.