# The Motor Vehicles (Electronic Communication of Certificates of Insurance) Order 2010, Article 8: Issue of certificates of insurance


In regulation 4 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1), after the definition of “the Act”, insert—
““a certificate delivered by electronic means” means a certificate delivered as described in section 147(1A)(a) or (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;”; and
(b) after paragraph (4), add—
“(5) Any reference in these Regulations to the issue of a certificate of insurance shall be construed, in the case of a certificate delivered by electronic means, as a reference—
(a) in the case of a certificate transmitted as described in section 147(1A)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, to its transmission in accordance with section 147(1B) of that Act;
(b) in the case of a certificate made available as described in section 147(1A)(b) of that Act, to its being made available in accordance with section 147(1C) of that Act.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1117/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-electronic-communication-of-certificates-of-insurance-order-2010/article-8
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