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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employers-liability-compulsory-insurance-act-1969/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/57",
  "legislation_title": "Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employers-liability-compulsory-insurance-act-1969",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Employers exempted from insurance.",
  "text": "(1) This Act shall not require any insurance to be effected by—\n(a) any such authority as is mentioned in subsection (2) below; or\n(b) any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the carrying on of any industry or part of an industry, or of any undertaking, under national ownership or control; or\n(c) in relation to any such cases as may be specified in the regulations, any employer exempted by regulations.\n(2) The authorities referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are\n(a) a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, NHS England , an integrated care board established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, ... a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, an NHS foundation trust ... and a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 and\n(b) the Common Council of the City of London, ... the council of a London borough, the council of a county, ... or district in England the council of a county or county borough in Wales, the Broads Authority a National Park authority, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 in Scotland, any joint board or joint committee in England and Wales or joint committee in Scotland which is so constituted as to include among its members representatives of any such council the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority ... , any joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act, a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, ... the London Fire Commissioner, , any local policing body, any chief constable established under section 2 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the Scottish Police Authority and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.; and\n(c) the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words expressed to be inserted after the words “subsection (1)(a) above” (1. 4. 1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 60(2), Sch. 8 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 14(a); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word “and” in s. 3(2)(a) omitted (8.2.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/90, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with art. 2(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 47(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (10.10.2002 for W., 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 42(3), Sch. 5 para. 3(a); S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 4 para. 16; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 14(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) inserted (10.10.2002 for W., 1.3.2007 in so far as not already in force, immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 42(3), Sch. 5 para. 3(b); S.I. 2002/2532, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2006/1407, art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 47(c) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 272, Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Word substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 179(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 37 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), SCh. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 8:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2) inserted (E.W) (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 9 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 83(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) inserted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 83(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 13 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 8; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 21 (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 21; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(5); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 31; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 92; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "S. 3(2)(c) and word added (18.4.2006) by Equality Act 2006 (c. 3), s. 93(1), Sch. 1 para. 8 (with s. 92); S.I. 2006/1082, art. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3(1) extended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 14(b)S. 3(1) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2), Sch. 13 para. 24(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 3(1)(a)-(c) modified (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), ss. 18(2)(a), 19(1); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 3(2) extended by S. I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 3(2) extended by S. I. 1987/2110, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 8(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 3(2)(b) modified (5.10.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) (Pensions etc.) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1011), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(b) (with Sch. para. 10)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/57/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:52.357080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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