Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1981 Order” means the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1;

• “the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988^f2;

• “accident” means an accident on a road or other public place in the United Kingdom caused by, or arising out of, the use of any insured vehicle;

• “entitled party” means any person who is—

  1. (a)

     a resident of a Member StateF1, the United Kingdom or Gibraltar; or

  2. (b)

     a resident of any other State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992^f3 and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

• “insured person” means a person insured under a policy of insurance satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph (3) of this regulation;

• “vehicle” means any motor vehicle intended for travel on land and propelled by mechanical power, but not running on rails, and any trailer whether or not coupled, which is normally based (within the meaning of paragraph (2) of this regulation) in the United Kingdom.

The territory in which a vehicle is normally based is—

For the purposes of these Regulations, a vehicle is insured if there is in force in relation to the use of that vehicle on a road or other public place in the United Kingdom by the insured person a policy of insurance (including a covering note) which fulfils the requirements of section 145 of the 1988 Act^f4 or article 92 of the 1981 Order^f5.