The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (No. 2) Regulations 1973

6.—(1) Any person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose (in this Regulation referred to as an “appointed person”) may require a person having custody of any vehicle, being a vehicle which is normally based in the territory of a state [F1 (other than [F2 Northern Ireland or] a relevant foreign state)] which is not a member of the [F3 European Union] or in the non-European territory of a member state or in Gibraltar, when entering Great Britain to produce evidence that any loss or injury which may be caused by such a vehicle is covered throughout [F4 Great Britain, in accordance with the requirements on compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of vehicles in Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988.] U.K.

(2) An appointed person may, if no such evidence is produced or if he is not satisfied by such evidence, prohibit the use of the vehicle in Great Britain.

(3) Where an appointed person prohibits the use of a vehicle under this Regulation, he may also direct the driver to remove the vehicle to such place and subject to such conditions as are specified in the direction; and the prohibition shall not apply to the removal of the vehicle in accordance with the direction.

(4) Any person who—

(a) uses a vehicle or causes or permits a vehicle to be used in contravention of a prohibition imposed under paragraph (2) of this Regulation, or

(b) refuses, neglects or otherwise fails to comply in a reasonable time with a direction given under paragraph (3) of this Regulation,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.

(5) Section 181 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 shall apply for the purposes of an offence under this Regulation as if such an offence were an offence under that Act to which that section had been applied by column 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act.

(6) A prohibition under paragraph (2) of this Regulation may be removed by an appointed person if he is satisfied that appropriate action has been taken to remove or remedy the circumstances in consequence of which the prohibition was imposed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (27.5.1974) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/791), regs. 1, 4

F2 Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6

F4 Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/551), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.1974, see reg. 1(1)