http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1217/schedules/madeThe Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972WestlawKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-05-19ROAD TRAFFICThese Regulations consolidate with amendments the Regulations revoked by Regulation 2. The Regulations relate to the issue of certificates of insurance or security (Regulations 5 and 6 and the Schedule), evidence which may be produced to show that a motor vehicle is not being driven in contravention of the compulsory third party insurance requirements (Regulation 7), the duty to destroy certain certificates (Regulation 8), the production of evidence of insurance or security on application for a vehicle excise licence (Regulation 9), the keeping of records by insurance companies and certain other persons relating to certificates (Regulation 10), the notification to the Secretary of State of ineffective policies or securities (Regulation 11), the duty to return certificates to the issuing company (Regulation 12), and the issue of fresh certificates (Regulation 13). The amendments are for the most part of a minor character and include the following:—(a) references to enactments are brought up to date;(b) the evidence specified in Regulation 7 is no longer restricted to being produced by the driver of a motor vehicle in pursuance of section 162 of the Road Traffic Act 1972;(c) the evidence which may be required from a person applying for a licence for a motor vehicle is extended in the case when he presents a certificate of insurance or security to such further evidence as may be necessary to connect the certificate to the applicant and his vehicle;(d) an explanatory note is added to some of the prescribed certificates making it clear that they do not contain a full summary of the policy or security; and(e) reference in certificates to specific enactments is no longer required.THE SCHEDULEPART 1Forms of CertificatesFORM ACertificate of Motor Insurance

FORM BCertificate of Motor Insurance

FORM CCertificate of Motor Insurance

FORM DCertificate of Security

FORM ECertificate of Deposit

FORM FCertificate of Ownership

PART 2Provisions relating to the forms and completion of certificates1.

Every certificate shall be printed and completed in black on white paper or similar material. This provision shall not apply to any reproduction of a seal or monogram or similar device referred to in paragraph 2 of this Part of this Schedule.

2.

No certificate shall contain any advertising matter, either on the face or on the back thereof:

Provided that the name and address of the company by whom a certificate is issued` or a reproduction of the seal of the company or any monogram or similar device of the company, or the name and address of an insurance broker shall not be deemed to be advertising matter for the purposes of this paragraph if it is printed or stamped at the foot or on the back of such certificate.

3.

The whole of each form as set out in Part 1 of this Schedule shall in each case appear on the face of the form, the items being in the order so set out and the certification being set out at the end of the form.

4.

The particulars to be inserted on the said forms shall so far as possible appear on the face of the form, but where in the case of any of the numbered headings in Forms A, B, or D, this cannot conveniently be done, any part of such particulars may be inserted on the back of the form, provided that their presence on the back is clearly indicated under the relevant heading.

5.

The particulars to be inserted on any of the said forms shall not include particulars relating to any exceptions purporting to restrict the insurance under the relevant policy or the operation of the relevant security which are by subsection (1) of section 148 of the Act rendered of no effect as respects the third party liabilities required by sections 145 and 146 of the Act to be covered by a policy or security.

6.(1)

In any case where it is intended that a certificate of insurance, certificate of security or a covering note shall be effective not only in Great Britain, but also in any of the following territories, that is to say Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Island of Guernsey, the Island of Jersey or the Island of Alderney, Forms A, B, C and D may be modified by the addition thereto, where necessary, of a reference to the relevant legal provisions of such of those territories as may be appropriate.

(2)

A certificate of insurance or a certificate of security may contain either on the face or on the back of the certificate a statement as to whether or not the policy or security to which it relates satisfies the requirements of the relevant law in any of the territories referred to in this paragraph.

7.

Every certificate of insurance or certificate of security shall be duly authenticated by or on behalf of the company by whom it is issued.

8.

A certificate in Form F issued by a subsidiary of a Passenger Transport Executive or by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the London Transport Executive shall indicate under the signature that the issuing body is such a subsidiary of an Executive, which shall there be specified.

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